Archive for August, 2006

Turkish Raki and Me

10pm and we wanted a bit of Turkish coffee.
Trying to converse in english we were not getting far.
When once our request came clear the owner of the little shop shook his head…
Coffee?!?
Now?!?
Ok, no problem.
We were also hungry and it had taken a long time for our first request to be sorted out… how long would [...]

Posted by Tim on August 24th, 2006 .
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Turkish Haircut

So Dave and I felt the need to loose a little extra fluff around the ears. Walking into the barber we saw close to the Aya Sophia Dave says,
“Give us a haircut and make us look like a Muslim Turk!”
There was a good laugh as the three men including the barber eyed us curiously.
“Why do [...]

Posted by Tim on August 20th, 2006 .
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Bubble Moving toward the middle

Yes, I - we are back in Sedro-Woolley now. I can feel the bubble in my head moving toward center. Amazing what a little sleep does for jet lag! Here is a picture of us on the first leg of the journey back.

I think one more night of good sleep (in a bed!) and we [...]

Posted by Tim on August 18th, 2006 .
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