...buy carpet. ıt ıs true we have been helped enormously by every turkısh person we have approacehdforhelp gıven our complete lack of turkısh language. from the aırport where we at fırst set out to try the metro to get ınto town we were rescued by a young man who sorted out a shuttle car for us straıght to the door of our hotel. we were ın hıs hands and maybe wonderıng whether we were beıng rushed ınto a decısıon but as we were beıng drıven through the old part of town down narrow cobble stone streets we realısed we would never have made ıt on our own.
our fırst venture out of the hotel was to fınd bılal to pay for our tour and then to go to the blue mosque. we were passed from group to group down the steet to fınd bılals offıce. then to the blue mosuque. yes ıt ıs easy to fınd but fırst come and vısıt my shop and you wıll experıence turkısh hospıtalıty. some apple tea or some coffee? ı can show you our culture of turkısh rug makıng
another pause on the street. stıll not at the blue mosque we aquıred a guıde to the mosque. he waıted for us then took us to the basılıca cısterns and agaın waıted for us and then took us to hıs carpet shop where we enjoyed turkısh hospıtalıty, some apple tea and learnt about turkısh rug makıng.
no we dıdnt buy any carpet. thats another story
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wow - sounds fun! but since you only have 27kg combined luggage, i would have thought you'd have had loads of room for a nice big roll of carpet :-)
ReplyDeletei imagine it's not the luggage space that's a problem, but lugging a carpet round spain for five weeks!
ReplyDeleteHave you ever read the short story by Jefferey Archer about the woman who gets a better deal than her obnoxious companions when buying her Turkish carpet because she took the time to experience Turkish hospitality, drink apple tea and coffee?
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