So, there's quite a little buzz about the air with Top of the Mountain (TOM) fastly approaching. The overcast skies have retreated, and it's back to sunny, hot, and muggy. Yay, I think. Regardless, the top of the mountain will be a tad chilly because of the altitude.

Yesterday I went to an NGO here, Local Agenda 21, to get some more information about a project they are organizing. It will consist of one week of workshops (next week) to learn how to play different instruments, culminating with a small performance in Bursa's one-day festival on September 1st (World Peace Day). I'm thinking of participating in it, simply to get the opportunity to play with instruments. Yipee!

I was also pleasantly surprised yesterday to find out that two new lads from the Netherlands came to Bursa and will stay until next Tuesday. They are here as Aiesec LC (Local Committee) ambassadors, meaning they travel to every LC in Turkey for about a week, give culture nights, meet with Dutch companies, have lots of fun, and I'm sure have to write a ton of reports, too. David and Mindert (sp?) are two of twenty Nethelandians around the world in nine other countries-that's 20 people traveling in pairs to 10 different countries. Pretty cool if you ask me.

And some really wonderful news.. Nicola, the very same Nicola from the MMF project will be in town earlier than expected and be joining TOM!!! She is going to be in town for one month doing a CEED in Aiesec Bursa. It will be nice to have one more familiar face around, and of course, to perhaps practice some of that German that's going down the tubes as I write this.