Gallipoli Youth Award 2011

We had a fantastic time on Saturday afternoon learning how to make manti, it tasted delicious. Afterwards we were shown what the Turkish women do at a henna party before a women gets married. There is a lot of singing and dancing in a circle while the bride to be sits in the middle, when the singing is finished they put a circle on the palm of your hand in henna and a small dot on your little finger. It was a lot of fun and we learnt more about the turkish culture.

On Sunday we set off early for an hours drive before catching a ferry boat to the small island Bozcaada. The scenery of the coast was stunning as we left the mainland. On our arrival we made it to a cafe for a late breakfast before going to the seaside and a wind farm. We then toured around an old castle, it had fields of daisies and poppies which we all lay in and took loads of photos. The wine factory was in the middle of the small village on the island, there were lots of big machines that turned the grapes into wine, after the factory we went the shop where we got to taste some of the wine.

After a long but spectacular day we set of back to Canakkale to get ready for my last week in Turkey, I can't believe I have been here for five weeks.