James Bond... Turkish Style!!
So last night was my first experience in a Turkish cinema...
The movie- (new James Bond movie) was in english with Turkish subtitles and apparently if you are late to the movie there they won't sell you a ticket. They had track lighting in the theatre and it was really plush and trendy.... it cost about the same in lira as it does in the states. They had a bunch of silly slapstick humor-filled previews of Turkish films coming out and they were a little over the top : ) Another interesting thing about the movies here is that they have an intermission in the middle of every movie because the turks can't go that long without smoking : ) joking. Anyways- the theatre was in a mall here and the mall was really nice- but also really expensive so I would never buy anything from there. I did however have my first Turkish coffee from a restaurant at the mall.... and I even ordered it in turkish on my own. It was so sweet and strong and served in a small little espresso cup. We were going to be late to our movie so I decided to throw back the last of it and Rachel looked at me astounded like "I can't believe you just chugged turkish coffee!" haha! It was terrible and gave me a stomach ache for the rest of the night- serves me right : )
I also got to go and harvest olives at the Albers house today. Their turkish friends came over and showed them how to do it. The Albers live a little further out into our country village of Varsak. Their house is right up against these beautiful rocky crags that are actually ancient ruins. Their yard is filled with fruit trees... they have pomegranate, lemon, quince, apple and olives. So today they picked all the olive trees bare and washed them in big plastic tubs and then we scooped up heaping handfuls and poured them into these large clear plastic bottles and added a bunch of rock salt. That's really about it- then you just have to turn them and roll them around each day and keep them for about 4 months before the olives are done. Then after we were done with that- we picked all the pomegranates (nars in Turkish) off the trees. Then the turkish ladies and Jaye and I made a turkish dish called "bulgar pilav" which was so delicious. It's made with this beautiful, pure olive oil, onions, tomato paste, tomatoes, potatoes, lentils, a little bit of spicy red chiles, sweet green chiles, and this rice like thing called bulgar which might actually be barley. We spread out a blanket on the floor inside and sat on the ground and ate like a little picnic : )
The movie- (new James Bond movie) was in english with Turkish subtitles and apparently if you are late to the movie there they won't sell you a ticket. They had track lighting in the theatre and it was really plush and trendy.... it cost about the same in lira as it does in the states. They had a bunch of silly slapstick humor-filled previews of Turkish films coming out and they were a little over the top : ) Another interesting thing about the movies here is that they have an intermission in the middle of every movie because the turks can't go that long without smoking : ) joking. Anyways- the theatre was in a mall here and the mall was really nice- but also really expensive so I would never buy anything from there. I did however have my first Turkish coffee from a restaurant at the mall.... and I even ordered it in turkish on my own. It was so sweet and strong and served in a small little espresso cup. We were going to be late to our movie so I decided to throw back the last of it and Rachel looked at me astounded like "I can't believe you just chugged turkish coffee!" haha! It was terrible and gave me a stomach ache for the rest of the night- serves me right : )
I also got to go and harvest olives at the Albers house today. Their turkish friends came over and showed them how to do it. The Albers live a little further out into our country village of Varsak. Their house is right up against these beautiful rocky crags that are actually ancient ruins. Their yard is filled with fruit trees... they have pomegranate, lemon, quince, apple and olives. So today they picked all the olive trees bare and washed them in big plastic tubs and then we scooped up heaping handfuls and poured them into these large clear plastic bottles and added a bunch of rock salt. That's really about it- then you just have to turn them and roll them around each day and keep them for about 4 months before the olives are done. Then after we were done with that- we picked all the pomegranates (nars in Turkish) off the trees. Then the turkish ladies and Jaye and I made a turkish dish called "bulgar pilav" which was so delicious. It's made with this beautiful, pure olive oil, onions, tomato paste, tomatoes, potatoes, lentils, a little bit of spicy red chiles, sweet green chiles, and this rice like thing called bulgar which might actually be barley. We spread out a blanket on the floor inside and sat on the ground and ate like a little picnic : )
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