Just a few views of Turkey from our recent visit that I'll post as I process them.
Two Sides of TurkeyThe first side is one I really like for two reasons. First, mussels stuffed with rice, with a touch of chiil pul to give a slight warmth and squirted with lemon are a delight - 10TL for 10 large mussels, brilliant. Second, eating them sitting in one of the restaurant on the promenade which all have an extensive menu but they don't mind you buying your mussels from a street seller. Indeed a waiter will call him over from the prom and then clear away with remains - happy that everyone should make a living.
The second side is one a really detest - as I do in the UK. It is the thoughtless and selfish dropping of litter all over the place and particularly in beauty spots where people have picnicked. Here are bottles and cans dumped by the side of a jetty from returning round-the-bay pleasure boats so that the next storm can wash them all into the sea despoiling the bay from which the boats make a living.