THE PLEASURE AND THE PAIN : A TRIP TO KODAPA by Merve Günal
Climbing the slope to Kodapa, incredible terrasing! Archaeology has lots of definitions that reflect everyone’s point of view. For me, (it’s not totally an explanation) archaeology is like a never ending story that includes lots of experiences that leads you to push your limits. Since I was little, I always liked to be outdoors and taking trips to places I didn’t see before. Archaeology actually gave me this opportunity, because you cannot be an accomplish archaeologist before you visited a lot of sites and also did a lot of fieldwork. In a way it is like an one-stone-two-birds situation for me. While I am enjoying having a trip, I also do my (home)work. I think this is one of the reasons why I love archaeology (and it is not a 9 am - 5 pm office job like being a lawyer or economist... sorry but not sorry guys, I do not like it, but if you are an academician it is different of course). I mean being outdoors and moving all around are good for you and for your health guys (...