Relaxing after our presentation

We've been talking about movies:
* Quatsi triology
* De zee die denkt (The sea that thinks)
* Go around twice if you're happy (link doesn't work in Turkey without some proxy..)
* And a new movie we saw about calligraphy, I'm still processing this one :)

Friday morning we went to a calligraphy artist and got our names in calligraphy too. Mine reads eco when turned upside down. And they had these living rooms there. Without chairs, you could only sit on the ground. We thought this might only be used for sitting and drinking tea. You couldn't do much else.. So the whole family would be out all day? Interesting, these 'small' things change the culture.. or are changed bu that culture?

In the afternoon we've had our first presentation. We had to present our concept until now and show where we were heading. The day before we had three main idea's but not really worked out yet. Then Friday morning I talked to Jan about our ideas and went more into the encryption and communication. This caused an old idea to be retrieved which we've thrown away before; the satellite dish on the university building. In the one hour before the presentations we've created a concept called the University of Babel. Our storyboard and the inclusion of bacteria in our concept got the biggest applause and the questions had to be stopped at some point to continue!
Some people might not have understood it, but we'll help them in the final presentation. Info about the concept will follow tomorrow.

Saturday was a relaxing day, we went to the Princess Islands. They don't allow motorized transportation there, so everyone get around by horse and carriage or by bike (nice to see some bikes again, missed them..). Together with Thomas Porathe we walked through the village and around the hill on the island and eat at a restaurant where they'd charge for service costs. All very nice and quiet.

Sunday we went to visit the Topkapı palace and to four mosques. Topkapı had some nice kitchen factories for all the people living there. The mosques were nice too, but differed a lot. Some were huge and thus a bit too much impressive, others had a nicer atmosphere. When we visited the last one they were just starting prayer. People got from everywhere, in their working clothes, ran into the mosque and started their prayer. Very nice to see.

Now the real work starts..

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