It's not that exciting, but Tolga and I spent the day cleaning: sweeping, mopping, dusting, bathrooms, kitchen, bedrooms, closets, refrigerator, stove, bird cage, bookshelf. We blasted Dream Theater on the TV and worked.
Lunchtime we ordered Lahmacan, a very thin (almost like a tortilla, but square and much bigger) Turkish style pizza. We sprinkle fresh parsley on the top and squeeze lemon over it, and I have to drink ayran with it. Ayran is a salty yogurt drink. Kind of an acquired taste. I've confused ayran with milk before and poured it over my cereal. Not so good.
The weather was beautiful outside - we had our windows open and eventually decided to go for a walk. I mapped out the route before hand because Tolga doesn't necessarily like those kind of adventures. I have a list of things to buy - but mostly on my wish list. The street we walked down had furniture items at stunning prices. We came across a store with furniture that was a natural type of wood. Now I have been looking for natural kinds of woods, but most furniture here is lacquered up, looking shiny and plastic. This furniture was Indonesian and African.
I was surprised to find this place, and while I'm happy with the furniture and route we got, I couldn't help picturing an African living room . . . fun! We talked to the store operator, and in the end agreed on him making several pieces furniture for us - a bench/shoe rack for the hallway and to bedside tables. This also a surprise because I had concluded that Turkey doesn't make things out of wood, and carpentry was a lost art here . . . we'll see how it turns out.
On our way home, we passed a pub and decided to go in and play a game of pool together. This was another first for us - we had never played pool together.
Tolga won all three games.
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