trusted with the kids
learning to cook
out with the familyafter a bus ride from urgup (in cappadocia) changing at nevsahir we arrived at the tarsus otogar (that's bus station for people unfamiliar with the turkish language and bus service). there we met up with Lyle for another bus ride into town to their apartment
perhaps we should have been tired and gone straight to bed but it was so great to see them that we talked until late and braced ourselves for the welcome from the kids in the morning
our first day in tarsus was a walking tour of the city. we saw the roman road, Paul's well cleopatra's gate, st paul's church (where we sang and yahooed for tarsus) and a bazaar. we were taken to one of lyle and nadine's favourite places for lunch for a local specialty, more ayran and a sweet dish of cheese with a crunchy coating covered in syrup.
in the afternoon we met the local bakers who cook bread with fillings prepared by the women in the neighbourhood. nadine made her spinach mixture and took it there and then we went back at dinner time to pick up the cooked spinach triangles.
it was great to meet up with other friends for a very special time together
the next day we performed honorary grandparent duty and were allowed to take the children to the park. i think takia was looking after us as she was give instructions on how to find the park which shop to go to for sweets and what to do at the park
we went to the wrong park and disrupted the local school activities when we stopped to watch the kids play soccer. they were more interested in talking to the 'tourists' than playing sport. when it started to rain we thought we had better go home before we had the children drenched. all good fun. every minute we had with takia and mitchell was great fun. at the end of the day we went to the local waterfall where justinian had re-routed the river 1500 years ago through the local grave yard to stop the town from being flooded. we ate at a restaurant there and were driven home by the waiter because the buses had finished.
next morning lyle put us on another bus and we made our way back to istanbul
perhaps we should have been tired and gone straight to bed but it was so great to see them that we talked until late and braced ourselves for the welcome from the kids in the morning
our first day in tarsus was a walking tour of the city. we saw the roman road, Paul's well cleopatra's gate, st paul's church (where we sang and yahooed for tarsus) and a bazaar. we were taken to one of lyle and nadine's favourite places for lunch for a local specialty, more ayran and a sweet dish of cheese with a crunchy coating covered in syrup.
in the afternoon we met the local bakers who cook bread with fillings prepared by the women in the neighbourhood. nadine made her spinach mixture and took it there and then we went back at dinner time to pick up the cooked spinach triangles.
it was great to meet up with other friends for a very special time together
the next day we performed honorary grandparent duty and were allowed to take the children to the park. i think takia was looking after us as she was give instructions on how to find the park which shop to go to for sweets and what to do at the park
we went to the wrong park and disrupted the local school activities when we stopped to watch the kids play soccer. they were more interested in talking to the 'tourists' than playing sport. when it started to rain we thought we had better go home before we had the children drenched. all good fun. every minute we had with takia and mitchell was great fun. at the end of the day we went to the local waterfall where justinian had re-routed the river 1500 years ago through the local grave yard to stop the town from being flooded. we ate at a restaurant there and were driven home by the waiter because the buses had finished.
next morning lyle put us on another bus and we made our way back to istanbul
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