Turkish delights
In a discussion about work yesterday, the trip to Turkey came up because someone had just told my colleague that they would move to Turkey in a heartbeat. He asked me what it is there and I said it was just such an enchanting country – the people, music, food, land, dancing – I could wax on and on about it – the beautiful way they integrate industry with leisure – the mix of Oriental and European that translates into a city straddling both continents – the figs – the language: Sana harika bir gun diliyorum, which means Have a wonderful day! – imagine sailing the coastline of Turkey and the water is cobalt blue and you can see all the way to the sea floor, and a man is cooking lunch, and Turkish music is playing, and you are reclining and dancing with your hands to the Oriental beat, and you are surrounded by beauty – perhaps this photo of Yusif on the boat best descibes it: