Day 52, July 28, 2011 (Oklahoma Bound)

We met in the lobby at 615 am, packed up the bus and took the drive to the Ataturk Airport. We drove along the coast of the Sea of Marmara noting the large number of ships (one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world). We went through various security checks (many of those today in 3 countries). My passport was questioned as it was issued yesterday and therefore did not have an entry sticker, but I was cleared to go on. I am writing this in the plane now as we go to Heathrow in England for our first change over. We had to take a bus to another terminal, driver on the right side of the vehicle was weird to see. We left late from England and therefore when we got to Chicago, which was very busy and a long 1 hour line through customs, we missed our conecting flight. We were lucky that we got a flight 4 hours later to Oklahoma city. It took us 28 hours to go from the dorm at Uludag University to the Dorm at Oklahoma Centeral University, arriving at 1 am. We were so happy to see Dr. Barthells again. We began comparing US to Turkey world. We noted how different things were, people, food etc. The transition back to US life style will take a bit of time.

Looking out of Van window at the sea



My ticket stubs


Airport







England


Hello native country airplanes

REU's all cozy




Yes this is Chicago




This Chicago fast food sign was ironic to us on many different levels

In Oklahoma

Dazed and tired

1 am on campus