It was a tree :D I need to hang my martenitsa but I haven't been out of the house cause I'm sick :/ As for the bird picture that is just so sick, I wouldn't say it's a misunderstanding, to me that's cruelty. I wish things like that were punishable by law (right now they are, but no one is going to bother with them because the government is so corrupt that spending money on a dead bird is so not worth it for them). I can't wait to hear about all the fun you're having in Istanbul with your friend. It's probably summer there already. :D I'll see you when you get home. :)