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Hangover, Turkish Style
June 16, 2005 - Tagged as: Travel
I did a tour of the underground city in Cappadocia yesterday. The underground city was impressive. It must have taken ages to dig out. It goes 8 levels underground. I'm a bit caved out now after the tour and sleeping 2 nights in a cave. Sleeping in a cave sounds pretty cool and it was, but it's not something I would want to do all the time. If it were any more humid in the room, I think it would have started raining. Actually, it might have started snowing because it was also freezing cold.
Last night I went to a thing called Turkish Night. It was definitely a highlight for me. When we arrived, there was bread, raki, wine and a bunch of small plates of food on the table. In Turkey, every meal is served with heaps of white bread. I think I must be eating about a loaf of bread per day. In case you were wondering, raki is Turkish alcohol. I can't tell the difference between raki, ouzo and sambuka, but apparently they aren't the same. To me, they all taste terrible, but that's probably because of the bottle of ouzo I split with Brian while we were in Greece.
Shortly after we sat down, the lights dimmed and some whirling dervishes came out. They spun around in circles for about 15 minutes and somehow didn't get dizzy. I ate a bunch of food, but the waiters took the plates of food away before I was really done. The waiters came back with big plates of lamb and rice. I had eaten almost a full meal of appetizers thinking that it was dinner. I didn't let this stop me from eating about 2 more meals worth of food.
Since the drinks were free, I drank like a fish. One glass of Raki was enough for me, but the wine and the Efes went down easily. Efes is a Turkish beer. It may be the only Turkish beer because I haven't seen anything else. I'm taking it easy today because I'm feeling a bit fragile.
I'm getting hungry now, so I'm going to try and find some food that won't liquify my insides before the overnight bus trip to Istanbul.
Comments
Cappadocia sounds really interesting. I have heard the name before, but I did not know anything about the city. The big cave we were in when we were in France was not that cold - about 14 degrees continually, year round. However, I suspect it would have started to feel pretty cold, if you were staying in it overnight. I have read that the food in Turkey is great because it is an interesting combination of European, Mid-Eastern and Asian. Your dinner sounds like something that I would have enjoyed. Nothing like a big load of lamb and red wine. Speaking of the whirling dervishes, what did you think of the music? If I can remember correctly from seeing a performance on a National Geographic special on TV, it would be pretty annoying to listen to 15 minutes worth.
Liquified intestines are no fun at all. Take it from the king of bathroom drama!
Ah wussy, i was back onteh ewwwwzo horse last weekend. i was a bit silly and bought another litre of it before leaveing. I couldnt resist the uber cheap prices. that dinner you described were there lots of other travelers there? you also didnt mention to much about your fez bus.