Saturday, March 21, 2009

Beer, Baklava and Buses

Beer

Tanaznia
almost completely lagers
very tasty ,when cold on a hot day
760 Tanzanian Shillings when bought by the case 600 cc bottle ( 1000 TzSh.=1$Cn aprox)
1300-3000 when bought at hotels and bars

UK
I almost totally drink bitter
a truly favourite drink of mine . usually delicious, always different
great memories or great pints and pubs

2.50 -3.20 (pounds don't ask the conversion just drink it)
I only drink them in pubs.

Turkey
most are pilsner , one is a Double pilsner???
Efes the most popular also makes a dark
2.17-2.56 Turkish lira in grocery store
4-5 TL in restaurants and bars
( multiply by .75 for Canadian dollar)

Baklava

mmmmmmmmm
It is bought in Baklavari ( like Patiserie)
Big glass windows- trays and trays of honey oozing Baklava
All shapes and sizes a variety of ingredients and tastes

How can one resist

12-22 TL/kg ( we have Never bought a kilo at one time) usually buy an assortment

Buses

In Turkey a mix between VIA trains ( Canadian) and planes

quite a change from Tanzania where price is not a concern but you feel like a sardine and you hope that the bus will make it.
Reminds Leah and I of our bus rides in Chile.
New, big, clean,Turkish TV
Refreshments served by Attendants ( almost always male) juice, water, cakes ( usually with raisins so Ambrose gets 4),tea -always with sugar and COFFEE..
Usually Nescafe 3:1 packets bad instant coffee,milk powder, sugar.( it satisfies Leah's addiction but nothing more).
The buses are never over full, they have large areas for baggage.They are reasonable but travel in Turkey is more expensive than we anticipated.
We took 2 overnight buses-saving money-losing sleep

No washrooms on buses so you have to WAIT

we travelled across Turkey on buses and enjoyed them thotoughly

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