Originally Published on St. Olaf's Her Campus Ole Abroad Blog. In Turkey, we are women of intrigue. Many of the ladies on Term in the Middle East carry the traditional St. Olaf visual set-up: Blond hair, blue eyes, pale skin. Here we are an anomaly amongst the waves of ethnic Turkish women. It doesn’t seem to matter that our hair is greasy from days of travel, our clothing modest, bland and sweaty. Compared to the beautifully dressed and impeccably groomed women of Istanbul,

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Originally Published on St. Olaf's Her Campus Ole Abroad Blog. Every trip to Istanbul is incomplete without a visit to the Grand Bazaar. Nestled in the heart of the old city, the dark stone walls encompass a maze of burly men and wide-eyed tourists, both attempting to get the upper hand in a bartering tug-of-war. Cats duck in and out of shops, nipping at the heels of young boys running trays of classic Turkish tea into the ritzier shops for the high-end customers who know abs

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