Très beau temps aujourd’hui, soleil et toujours un peu de neige sur le sol.
Nous prenons le petit-déjeuner dans la résidence. C’est un buffet avec tout ce qu’il faut pour un petit-déjeuner turc. Grande salle au rez-de-chaussée avec grandes fenêtres donnant sur la rue principale du campus. Ce campus est une véritable ville dans la ville. Toutes les institutions d’éducation supérieure sont groupées ici. C’est immense et très agréable, aéré et boisé, cela ressemble à un parc. Et ici les arbres sont rares donc encore plus appréciés. 44 000 étudiants étudient ici, plus un personnel académique important. La plupart habitent dans le campus. Les résidences pour les étudiants et les appartements pour les professeurs sont très subventionnés et sont très bon marché.
Nous marchons une heure et demi sans plan ni but dans le campus. Nous passons devant l’hôpital universitaire et de recherche médicale, imposant et tout neuf ; devant des monuments … monumentaux, devant la mosquée, des dortoirs pour étudiants (séparés hommes et femmes, bien sûr), des « kantin » pour étudiants où les repas coûtent 2 liras ( 6 kr ou 80 centimes d’euro), des salles de sport etc …
Puis Mehmet vient nous chercher et nous emmènent à Palandöken, la station de ski à 5 km de la ville.
C’est vraiment tout près. La route est bien déneigée et nous montons à 2400m sans problème. La station est assez calme aujourd’hui mais Mehmet nous raconte qu’en février il y a foule. Les remontées marchent et montent à plus de 3000 m.
Nous redescendons et allons chercher Zulal. Puis allons voir des tombes très anciennes et, à coté, deux ou trois maisons qui n’ont pas été démolies et qui vont être restaurées. C’est curieux, ces vieilles maisons de pierres et de bois ont mieux résisté au tremblement de terre de 1859 que des bâtiments neufs de l’époque. Mehmet demande à un vieux monsieur si on peut rentrer et il nous invite dans sa maison. Elle est à lui mais il n’y habite pas. Mais ses parents y habitaient. La maison a 250 ans. La pièce principale est grande et ouverte jusqu’au toit de bois. Sur le bois il y avait de la terre, comme certaines vieilles maisons en Norvège. La maison a deux escaliers à l’intérieur, un pour les hommes et un pour les femmes.
Mehmet nous emmène ensuite voir l’Euphrate, quand il n’est encore qu’une petite rivière.
Nous déjeunons au restaurant, des excellentes quebap et un bon dessert. Et il faut insister bien fort pour que ce soit notre tour de payer.
Puis travail pour tout le monde : Jens et Mehmet ont rendez-vous avec la fille qui va faire la traduction anglais-turc demain à la conférence que Jens va donner, Zulal a du travail scolaire et moi j’ai le blog.
Jens rentre, travail encore un peu (et ça se dit retraité !) et nous allons diner en bas. La salle du diner n’est pas la même que la salle du petit-déjeuner. Jens prends une salade et du poisson et moi une soupe et des brochettes de poulet, plus un dessert. C’est très bon et nous payons 26 liras (78 kr ou
10 €) pour deux. Et Jens re-travaille encore un peu après diner. Sa conférence est publique et il ne veut pas que ce soit trop difficile. Puis nous sortons faire un petit tour et voyons les tremplins de ski tout illuminés
Beautiful weather today, sunny and with still some snow on the ground.
We take breakfast in the residence. It is a buffet with everything you need for a Turkish breakfast. This is large room on the ground floor with large windows overlooking the main street of the campus.This campus is a city within the city. All higher education institutions are grouped here. It is huge and very pleasant, airy and woody, it looks like a park. And here the trees are so rare that they are even more appreciated. 44 000 students study here and a large academic staff. Most live on campus. Residences for students and apartments for teachers are subsidized and are very cheap.
We walk an hour and a half without plan or purpose in the campus. We pass the university hospital and medical research, imposing and brand new; several monumental ... monuments, the mosque, the dormitories for students (separate male and female, of course), the "kantin" for students where meals cost 2 liras (6 kr or 80 euro cents), sports halls etc ...
Mehmet then picks us up and takes us to Palandöken, the ski resort 5 km from the city.
It's really close. The road is cleared and we go up to 2400m without any problems. The resort is pretty quiet today, but Mehmet tells us that in February it is crowded. The ski lifts reach an altitude of more than 3000 m.
We go down and pick up Zulal. Then we go to see very old graves, and near these tombs two or three houses that have not been demolished and will be restored. It's strange, these old stone and wood houses were more resilient to the earthquake of 1859 that new buildings of the time. Mehmet asks an old man if we can go inside and he invites us into his house. He owns it but does not live there. But his parents lived there. The house is 250 years. The main room is large and open to the roof of wood. On the wood there was earth, like some old houses in Norway. The house has two stairways inside, one for men and women.
Mehmet then takes us to see the Euphrates, when it is still a small river.
We have lunch at a restaurant, excellent quebap and a good dessert. And we must insist strongly that it is our turn to pay.
Then work for everyone: Jens and Mehmet have an appointment with the girl who will do the translation English-Turkish tomorrow at the conference that Jens will give, Zulal has some school work and I have the blog.
Jens returned, works a little (and he says he is retired!) And we dine downstairs. The dining room is not the same as the breakfast room. Jens takes a salad and fish, I take soup and chicken skewers, plus a dessert. It's very good and we pay 26 liras (78 kr or € 10) for two. Jens works again after dinner. His lecture is public and it does not make it too difficult. Then we go out for a walk and see the ski jumps all lit up.
We take breakfast in the residence. It is a buffet with everything you need for a Turkish breakfast. This is large room on the ground floor with large windows overlooking the main street of the campus.This campus is a city within the city. All higher education institutions are grouped here. It is huge and very pleasant, airy and woody, it looks like a park. And here the trees are so rare that they are even more appreciated. 44 000 students study here and a large academic staff. Most live on campus. Residences for students and apartments for teachers are subsidized and are very cheap.
We walk an hour and a half without plan or purpose in the campus. We pass the university hospital and medical research, imposing and brand new; several monumental ... monuments, the mosque, the dormitories for students (separate male and female, of course), the "kantin" for students where meals cost 2 liras (6 kr or 80 euro cents), sports halls etc ...
Mehmet then picks us up and takes us to Palandöken, the ski resort 5 km from the city.
It's really close. The road is cleared and we go up to 2400m without any problems. The resort is pretty quiet today, but Mehmet tells us that in February it is crowded. The ski lifts reach an altitude of more than 3000 m.
We go down and pick up Zulal. Then we go to see very old graves, and near these tombs two or three houses that have not been demolished and will be restored. It's strange, these old stone and wood houses were more resilient to the earthquake of 1859 that new buildings of the time. Mehmet asks an old man if we can go inside and he invites us into his house. He owns it but does not live there. But his parents lived there. The house is 250 years. The main room is large and open to the roof of wood. On the wood there was earth, like some old houses in Norway. The house has two stairways inside, one for men and women.
Mehmet then takes us to see the Euphrates, when it is still a small river.
We have lunch at a restaurant, excellent quebap and a good dessert. And we must insist strongly that it is our turn to pay.
Then work for everyone: Jens and Mehmet have an appointment with the girl who will do the translation English-Turkish tomorrow at the conference that Jens will give, Zulal has some school work and I have the blog.
Jens returned, works a little (and he says he is retired!) And we dine downstairs. The dining room is not the same as the breakfast room. Jens takes a salad and fish, I take soup and chicken skewers, plus a dessert. It's very good and we pay 26 liras (78 kr or € 10) for two. Jens works again after dinner. His lecture is public and it does not make it too difficult. Then we go out for a walk and see the ski jumps all lit up.
La résidence où nous habitons
The residence where we are staying
Le campus
Monument
Hôpital universitaire et centre de recherch médicale
Universitary hospital and research center
Palandöken
Palandöken
Erzurum est en bas là-bas
Erzurum is down overthere
Vieille maison traditionnelle
Old traditional house
Deux tombes
Two tombs
La pièce est ouverte jusqu'au toit en bois
The room is open to the wooden roof.
La pièce
The room
Cheminées
Fireplaces
Le plafond dans une autre pièce
The roof in another room
Le monsieur devant sa maison
The man in front of his house
Pardessus
Toujours très bien le blog! Bonne chance à papa pour sa conférence.
SvarSlett