My night in my Turkish Tea garden

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Ok, I have to tell you about my night. I took a ferry from the European side of Istanbul to the Asian side. On the boat I met this great young guy who is studying economics, we had a cool interesting talk about Turkeys political situation. I then wondered around, found the holy grail(travel speakers) Adam and I have been looking for them for weeks.
Ok, I have to tell you about my night. I took a ferry from the European side of Istanbul to the Asian side. On the boat I met this great young guy who is studying economics, we had a cool interesting talk about Turkeys political situation. I then wondered around, found the holy grail(travel speakers) Adam and I have been looking for them for weeks. So I buy them and as I am leaving the gentelman says "hey no stay and eat" it is Rammadan here at the moment where Muslims fast from 4am to 7pm every day for 30 days. No food, no water. Incredible. But ja, so i am in this electronics store and they pull out some newspaper and cover the glass cabinet and 5 of us sit down and eat this fantastic food which he cooked himself and drank some Fanta. They could not speak English very well but they tried their best. After that I caught the ferry back, complimentary turkish tea for everyone on board. Went to perhaps my favourite spot in Istanbul which is this tiny tea garden in a courtyard that is connected to some Sultans tomb. A beautiful place. I sit down and start reading my book (Kite Runner. really really good so far) and have a couple of teas and then i start talking ot the waiter, Bulent. He speaks brillaint english. Anyway he ends up sitting with me and drinking tea, gives me a whole bunch of teas. I ended up drinking 5. We talk about life and his future. I know it sounds a bit corny but it was an incredible experiece. It amazes me that these people have such modest dreams, living in California I am used to hearing far more grandious dreams, of course i understand. After he finished work him and his mate walked me all the way back to my hostel even though they live in the opposite direction. Such a solid guy. He has invited me back to come and stay with him and his friends. He goes fishing every day and then cooks it for dinner. So I am pretty sure I will be coming back here after I have done the southern coast. It's funny, I went out tonight thinking to myself "gee i really hope nothing bad happens to make me think less of this wonderful city " and he it turns out that tonight made me love this place even more.
Off to bed I go, have a 7am bus to Gallipoli. Cheers

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