A short introduction to myself

Hello (steemit) world!

My name is Efşan. First of all, although this is not my first blog attempt, I find it very boring and difficult to talk about myself, however, I will try to follow the "tradition". I'm from Turkey, where people speak Turkish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_language) and live mostly in Anatolia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia) ; the far reaching edge on the east of the mediterranean sea, which reaches to the southern coast of Turkey. (I could write about Turkey, but that'd make another topic. )

Here is a photo of me in Innsbruck, Austria, while I was doing my Master's degree:

Looking at this photo makes me miss Alps over there, right behind me! However, right now, I'm living in the capital of the seven volcanic islands of Spain, Tenerife.

In addition to its fame for being a great destination for tourism, The Canary Islands are quite known in the community of Astronomy for its telescopes located in the highest mountains of La Palma (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roque_de_los_Muchachos_Observatory)

and the institute of Astrophysics in Tenerife. And exactly because of the latter, I've been here doing my PhD in Astrophysics during the last three years.

As for many people in Astronomy, I share the interest in stars (and of course stellar populations) in particular, how much they tell us about the history of the universe has shaped the research paths that had been taken. Although we don't perfectly understand all the evolutionary stages they go through, what we know is enough to understand a lot of what we know about the galaxies, and even the Universe. I may want to talk more about stars on my blog (or not, depends on the day). Feel free to talk to me about science, maths, languages, neuroscience, psychology, cooking, travelling, hobbies, making candles and stuff. I have a broad range of spectrum of interests, so I will keep admitting to be a non expert in all, I promise.