Old Antalya & Bilingual Conferences

It's time again to butter this blog. Where has the month of January gone?

Antalya on Turkey's south coast is one of the winter sun destinations so loved by Europeans, Russians and others who suffer from snow, ice and permafrost. The airport is good and no place reasonably north is less than four hours flying time away.

This past week has been rainy and cold. Flights have been delayed or cancelled. I had the uncanny luck of flying here on Wednesday between snowstorms which closed the Istanbul airport before and after. I had been hoping for a decent few days as there is lots to see in this old port - now booming city - by the Med.

Alas the steady rain has kept us inside where we are suppose to be - attending a bilingual educational conference.

The key to this type of gathering is to get your headphones early and hope that the professional translators are getting the right points. The English speaking keynoter plowed through some very heavy seas yesterday (brain research) and I hope the woman in the booth was on top of her vocabularly and nuances. I listened to three sessions from Turkish to English and it made sense - more or less.

Tonight it rains again.