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that's how an english speaking person can pronounce "thank you" in turkish. and since my arrival in ankara, i've had plenty of occasions to use it.

the first was laurren's amazing welcoming! plates upon plates of hot, homecooked turkish cuizine awaited us on the table -definitely the best cooked food i'd had since my arrival in turkey! wine and conversation flowed as we caught up on our first impressions of life in ankara and on the road. the next day pleasant banter kept our pace as we aimlessly wandered through old ankara. we stumbled upon the citadel, a charming bazaar, and the anatolian museum. i thought i was starting to adapt to the consistent amazment of turkey's antiquity until i reached the museum and laid modern eyes on ancient artifacts. simply incredible. tea-sugar-eh-dream

a long day of walking and gaping warrents a good meal. we decided to return to a quaint moderately priced restaurant that we had previously got some coffee at. tea-sugar-eh-dream, for the marathon meal that we had coming to us made that night a truly memorable one! the waitor recognised us right away and verbally reinforced us for returning. we ordered our meals and soon he asked if we would like a terrace view. so we moved up and started off on our appetizers. half way through, he came up with a gift of delectable fried fish. the gifts did not stop there! he came with wine and tea and when we were finished our mains, invited us to the garden where there was a birthday party going on. the musicians blared the haunting arabic scales to unexpected (at least for a westerner) beats as the celebrators danced. it wasn't long before we were given incredible hazelnut chocolate birthday cake, more wine and a fruit plate. we danced it off with the merry family and as the turkish saying goes, it became our home.

tea-sugar-eh-dream for a genuine turkish experience!