Ahhh...Saturday!

You all are just getting your Saturday started to your long weekend. I'm just settling in to a quite evening with the AC cranked because it’s been ridiculously hot. I’m glad August is over in Turkey. I have not sweated so much in my entire life. (I actually had to look up the word ‘sweated’ because I didn’t know if it really was a word! It is.)

Walking outside my apartment results in immediately flat hair and a shine forehead...ugh. However, despite my aversion to 99 degrees and 1,000 percent humidity, I did venture out today. Four of us took the train to Mersin to get a few things at the mall. Sales abound as it’s back-to-school shopping time. Classes don’t start until September 10 here.

The walk to the train station in Tarsus took about 20 minutes; remember the 1,000 percent humitidy. Yeah, there won’t be any pictures of me until it cools off! :0  (There is more to the picture story, but perhaps for another post.)

 While the mall was good, and I did get a few sales (my new sandals were made in Turkey), my favorite part was coming back home and going to my local greengrocer and market.  By no means can I say my Turkish is even on a first grade level, I was able to say a few things and purchase the things on my list: karpuz, şeftali, domates, zeytin, ve kimyon (watermelon, peaches, tomatoes, olives, and cumin).



This is NOT my local greengrocer...This picture is from Istanbul.

Additionally, I was able to greet each person with a hello and good evening. The hard part comes when people start talking back to you. Ack! ;0 So much I don’t know, but not bad for my first venture out with the locals.