Yesterday we walked around the old, mostly restored, Ottoman section of Eskisehir and then went to the museum that is all about Ataturk who was the leader in the early 1900’s who is given credit for modern Turkey. I know I’ve mentioned him in earlier blogs but since the museum was all about him we really got how much he meant to the people and the world. there was a big poster, in English, with glowing comments from almost every world leader about Ataturk and what he had accomplished in Turkey. Some of the people quoted were Eisenhower, Kennedy, Roosevelt, Churchhill, and the list went on and on. The museum was mostly pictures of him. He never seemed to smile but he had a very commanding presence.
We’re finding lots of interesting things to eat now that we know our way around a little more. Baked potatoes with peas, corn, spices, yogurt and some other sauces I can’t describe are delicious. Some cafeteria style restaurants have a lot of vegie dishes, and we love the pides which are long pizza type flatbreads. We’ve found several good soup places and of course, there is a lot of bread served with everything. So far the walking has kept the weight off.
I went searching for a black jacket to wear for special days at school. You can find very cheap clothes here all the way to very expensive. The jacket was about 99 TL which is about 70 US dollars which is more than I wanted to spend since I will hardly ever wear it but that seems to be the best I can do on that type of clothing. The costs of things are interesting. Some things like our apartment I think is very reasonable, movies are about the same as the states but the theaters are nicer here. Food varies depending on where you go just like the states.
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