food

those who know us must find it interesting that we haven’t mentioned food except for the number of cafes.  There are a couple of reasons, one we are slowly experimenting so we can adjust to a different country.  We still stick pretty much to bottled water and hot tea (or diet soda) but our contact, Diane, says tap water is fine.  I’m not ready to find out.  We have eaten tomatoes and salads which I’m pretty sure are washed in tap water so the paranoia is probably unnecessary. Fresh tomatoes and cucumbers are abundant.  The second reason is while there is plenty of food without meat we have to carefully read the menu using our dictionary to be sure what we are getting.  A few places have English menus but even then it can be confusing.  I thought I was ordering eggs with peppers this morning and what I got was peppers in a tomato sauce.  It was very good so just another lesson.  Jerry had a tuna sandwich.  We had a mushroom flatbread the other night that was really good.  French fries are big over here. Pastries are everywhere!!  We’re going to have to ration ourselves.  The beauty of a meal in Eskisehir is that you just sit and enjoy the ambience.  I don’t think we’ve had a meal that didn’t take at least 2 hours.  The waiters don’t seem rushed and neither do we.  Believe it or not there are no Starbucks and no Subways.  There are Starbucks in Istanbul, didn’t notice about Subway.  The American fast food places that have made it over here are Burger King, KFC, Dominos, and Pizza Hut. Have to admit we got a diet coke in Burger King.  Menu is just like in the states and they have ice!!!  In case I didn’t post my e-mail address for those who don’t want to comment it is clittle1946@gmail.com You can assume that the blogs are from Carol with a few comments from Jerry tossed in!

I took the lead today in our exploring so I could identify locations when we move from our hotel  into our apartment.  It’s an incredibly easy city to get around but I’m the one who needs landmarks to remember where things are such as the laundry, our favorite breakfast cafe, etc.  We have a map with street names but the street names aren’t identified on street corners very often. I know my way around by looking for the street with the snail or turtle sculptor or the lion bridge over the river. 

Looks like we can move into the apartment next Tues if we can get everything turned on.  Work starts next Wed so then we’ll be busier.