(Mhari) I am going to skip Pamukale, Istanbul, Orhaniye, Fethiye, Olympos, Antalya, Goreme, Kyseri and the train for now so that I can catch up.
We arrived in Yusufeli at 5 pm. We went for a walk and found lots of pide restaurants. We were not hungry because for lunch when Sam ordered 3 tavuk (chicken) doners (white fluffy bread filled with chicken and some veggies) instead of giving him three half loaves they gave him three full loaves!!
Later, Sam Dad and I went to go have supper but all the places were closed except two: one was a suckish lokanta with food from this morning and one was a tea shop full of Turkish men that served doner kebabs. We finally found a pide shop across the river.
When we asked the man in the pide shop what the had, he told us that he had a meat pide, a cheese pide and a meat and cheese pide. We got one of each and they were delicious!
We crossed the foot bridge on the way back home. The foot bridge over the river is a wooden bridge with metal rails and every time we cross it I purposely walk beside my dad matching his stride, emphasizing my landing so as to maximize the rocking because I know he hates it. But the last time we crossed he purposely waited until I had crossed the bridge to cross it himself. Humph!!
The next morning we had çorba (lentil soup) for breakfast then, at noon, set out for a 3km walk to see a Georgian church. We walked along the river on the road for awhile and then tuned off at a path which lead along a stream to a small water fall. A 100 meters above the water fall we made dams which diverted the water. We spent about 45 minutes doing this and it was fun! Then we continued on for a bit untill we had a good view of the church. We couldn't climb up to the church because it was on top of a small peak so we didn't bother going as close as we could. We got close enough for a good view and some pictures. We walked back to Yusufeli and then ate at the pide shop for the second time in two days.
Hey Mhari, sounds like fun. Especially the part about annoying your father. We've been making dams, and diverting water in our sub-basement. That's fun, too. At least for the first 100 gallons. After that, it's a bit of hard work. For hours. But it was sunny here today, and yesterday, too. So hopefully we'll dry out a bit in Brandon.
ReplyDeleteHope you have fun in Georgia. Get your dad to sing "Georgia On My Mind," and "Midnight Train to Georgia." The locals love that sort of thing.
mmmm, meat and cheese pide.
ReplyDeletestill waiting to hear about Istanbul, though.
keep having fun!