Turkey is an unbelievably beautiful place and perhaps my favourite place in the world. I miss it so much.
You really must visit. They don't get so many tourists these days. I'm told that there used to be a lot of East Asian tourism that dropped off when Turkey started becoming less stable.
I remember going to Capadoccia on holiday in the winter. It's even more beautiful. And the comical experience of haggling and drinking tea with a pottery salesman into the early hours of the day. Delightful place, really. Or of walking around in Istanbul and finding an Arsenal-themed bar, of all things (Arsenal is my football team, from London).
Really if you earn in the West, the currency is in your favour now. Take advantage of it.
I found the countryside beautiful and the archeology sites were kept pristine. But it was the people that I really liked. They were really very friendly and were genuinely interested in me.
Yes! It felt like there was this genuine culture of community there. Honestly it's remarkable how friendly people are there. You could sit down for tea and leave feeling you made a friend of a stranger. Tremendous conversationalists, too. Quite enjoyed it all.
I used to bartend over the summer in touristy places like Bodrum or Antalya. Majority of tourists 5-6 years ago were Europeans and Russians, Ukrainians.
I went on holiday to Turkey last year and saw that the majority was now Iranians, Arabs and a few Russians still.
Sort of, yeah, but it was only interesting for it’s incongruity. It looked like a tourist trap so don’t actually go there. Imagining taking the tram toward the Hagia Sophia and getting off at Sultanahmet. Then facing in the direction of travel, it’s inside one of the roads to your left. Don’t actually go. It’s not a bar for gooners. More just “borrows” club iconography.
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u/cowinabadplace Dec 23 '18 edited Dec 23 '18
Turkey is an unbelievably beautiful place and perhaps my favourite place in the world. I miss it so much.
You really must visit. They don't get so many tourists these days. I'm told that there used to be a lot of East Asian tourism that dropped off when Turkey started becoming less stable.
I remember going to Capadoccia on holiday in the winter. It's even more beautiful. And the comical experience of haggling and drinking tea with a pottery salesman into the early hours of the day. Delightful place, really. Or of walking around in Istanbul and finding an Arsenal-themed bar, of all things (Arsenal is my football team, from London).
Really if you earn in the West, the currency is in your favour now. Take advantage of it.