So before I leave, I figure I’d give everyone a good idea of where I’m going, and a few fun facts on top of that.
It’s not Istanbul. Although you can tell people that- I’ve been guilty of it a few times to get out of explaining where I’ll be.
The name of the city is Eskisehir, and it’s between Ankara and Istanbul (not Constantinople!)
The population is almost double Halifax's- 614,000, and the main export (and also attraction) is rock. White rock. From what I’ve gleaned from the Wiki, you can visit the rock museum, the rock quarry, and even take home a souvenir rock. I will verify this, and edit the entry if necessary.
The school, while being the 4th largest in the world by enrollment, has a small(ish) sized campus in the town. Most of the students are online/distance education students, so 884,000 people really translates to about 40,000 real students spread out over a Turkey.
This is all that I know about what I’m diving into, and hopefully it’s accurate. I’d be devastated to learn that the export was really off-white rock.
