Location search day 2

Today we went to a bazaar so we could get an idea of what one looks like for our film. We discovered a lot of great stuff and found that many of the vendors there would actually be open to setting up a fake bazaar just for our film. We didn't know if we could even find one, but the first place we went was the perfect place. It was great. Here I am with the biggest cabbage I've ever seen.


We then went back to a city called "Shilay" that is about 50km from where we are staying. We went looking for a hotel and the first one we went to ended up being perfect. Once again, we saw that God is really involved in this whole process. We went to eat in the town, which is right on the black see. It was really beautiful.

This is Brendan (the director) and I by the Black See.

Afterwards we went back to the first village we visited yesterday. We took more pictures and then were invited in to a home to have tea and talk about using their house for the film. They served us tea and fresh roasted chestnuts. We came to an agreement on how much it would cost to use their house and then we headed back in to town.

A goat in the little village.
We sat inside the only warm room in the house and had tea.
Chestnuts cooking on the wood stove.

Our host talking about what it would take for us to use his house. It was all in Turkish, so we really had no idea what was going on until later.

All in all it was an incredible day. Tomorrow we meet with production companies to talk about everything from permits to casting to equipment rentals. Once again we look forward to how God will show His hand in the process.