Intro:
Space Camp Turkey! I am going to Space Camp Turkey from May 11th to August 21st. I attended US Space Camp as a camper for six years, in Huntsville Alabama. My last summer there I had Nathalie Yuen as a counselor, she worked at Space Camp Turkey a few summers ago and hearing about her experiences is what made me go! As most of you reading from Hab1.com know, Nathalie is one of the greatest counselors that camp has ever seen. I would like to thank all the people that have made my time at camp a great one! Special thanks to Nathalie Yuen, Jeremy Weaver, Tony Vitelli and Bill Bryant.
May 11th:
This is my first blog entry, I will try to update it everyday! I started out today finishing packing and making my way to Nashville International Airport. I am now on my flight from Nashville to Chicago. My original flight was delayed and they put me on an earlier flight because I have an international connection. But, I’m worried that my luggage might have a better chance of being lost. They said they would make sure it was pulled and put onto this flight, but we shall see! I am very excited about this upcoming trip, I haven’t left the country since the New Year and It will be exciting to see some new sights and new faces. From Chicago to Istanbul I will be flying with another counselor from Space Camp Turkey who is from Kentucky, her name is Felicia. I called her last night and she seems pretty cool, as excited about this summer as I am! When I touch down in Istanbul I think I have to go thru customs there, but they said I won’t have to get my baggage till Izmir, so that’s cool. I am so excited about getting to Izmir, meeting up with Beth (our boss) and seeing the camp and the city and meeting all the people! I will have a private room while I’m there so that should be nice. I should have the internet in my room so I can keep in touch with you all! I will be posting many many pictures of the camp that will be available here and in the archive section of Hab1.com (Thanks to Vincent)! Well, we are about to land in Chicago (where I’m going to try to post this with their wireless internet), I will update again the night I get to Izmir! Eeek, I hope I packed everything.
Update: May 12th
Alright, still haven’t slept yet but everything is going great! We (Felicia and I) made it to Istanbul and then to Izmir and then to Space Camp Turkey. The luggage was a couple hours behind us, but at least it got here! Everything here is really cool and everyone is amazingly nice. The kids are hilarious and treat us like celebrities asking for us to sign their hats and get in pictures with them. They are really fun. They are trying so hard to speak English! Felicia and I met up with another American counselor, Stephanie. She seems pretty cool but wasn’t around for long as she had other plans. They have a BBQ here once a week, and that was tonight, so that was a lot of fun and was when we got to interact with the kids a lot. It is an amazing city, we drove around it a bit and it is very modern and like most large European cities. The coast is beautiful, I can’t wait to go out there this weekend. The camp is very much a Space Camp and resembles a lot of Huntsville. You have all the same sims, the mocr, and the orbiter. There is a great energy running thru the camp, everyone is very excited. The founder of the Aegean Free Zone, where Space Camp Turkey is located came today (we found out he was actually on our flight.) He seemed to be a pretty cool and down to earth guy. Tomorrow we will be starting our training, we have been assigned many movies to watch including: October Sky, Space Camp, Apollo 13, Destiny In Space, and others! I think it will be a really fun summer. I am ready to get some sleep and get started! So, I will post tomorrow with more details about the camp and pictures!
E-Mail me at:mgd2i@mtsu.edu
