Away From City Life

Last year, when it's very close to University Entrance Exam, my best friend, Metin, and I decided to go to his village. We were going to stay at his grandfather's house which had been empty for years.

We bought some foods to be able to survive.The village's distance from the city was about 4 miles. We went half the way by bus and the other half on foot. It was so hot and dry that we took breaks very often. When we finally got there, we forgot our tiredness and immediately began to enjoy the wonderful view of the village and it's surroundings. When we went inside the home, we weren't surprised at that mess. The first thing we did was to clean the kitchen and the living room. Thank God we had a vacuum cleaner. After we had finished the cleaning, we felt so hungry. At that moment, someone knocked the door. She was an acquaintance of Metin. She brought us some food, including cheese, tea, bread, and a traditional meal called 'sıkma'. We thanked her a lot and set our lunch table. It was really delicious. Afterwards, we did some hiking and wandered around the village gardens. The silence broke our tension. When we came the house again, we were too hungry to wait dinner time. We started cooking meat outside the house. After this first step of dinner, we began watching some movies. When we watched two of them, our stomachs started to hurt. Spaghetti cooked in a kettle couldn't be more tasteful. Then we started watching again and after our sixth movie, we realized that it was morning, already. Then we had our breakfast and got to sleep. It was almost evening when we woke up. We packed our bags and set out for the city. It was an unforgettable memory for both of us.