Dinner outing
Current Mood:
Happy
This is a delayed post. I was a bit lazy and didn’t get around to downloading the pictures off of my camera. First of all, this is Baris. I know it looks like he has a strange look on his face, but that’s actually not too far off from normal, especially come the end of the week.
Ok, now that you have met Baris, you should meet Ahmed, Murat’s uncle. He doesn’t speak much english, but he’s a very nice, very out going guy. He always makes an effort to communicate with me using the english he knows. We go out with him fairly often and he always pays for dinner. He is the one taking care of my visa stuff.
You notice in the picture he has a white liquid in his glass? That’s Raki (not really pronounced how it looks, so don’t try). That is the traditional drink of Turkey and I think it is very similar to the Italian drink Grappa. If you want to know more about Raki, check Wikipedia’s Raki page. It’s interesting, but nothing beets a good old beer after work. I am drinking Efes, the beer of Turkey, in this picture.
Apparently, Murat’s uncle frequents this restaurant so much that he has his own list of appetizers that they serve for him. Below is one of them. It’s olives with olive oil and walnuts. Not bad. The taste is a little strong, so although I like eating it, I can’t eat very much of it.
Lastly, here is a picture of some tea, in the little cups they serve it in here. It’s kind of cool, but the glass gets hot when it’s full of tea making it a bit tricky to drink when it’s really hot. You usually have to wait for it to cool down rather than doing the traditional sip and blow technique. You may or may not be able to tell, but it’s a pretty small glass. Turks seem to be always having Tea.
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