We have just stopped off for a drink in a very ordinary looking pub in the Sultan Ahmet district of Istanbul. We got two beers, a cheese burger and a bowl of soup. The bill....... 61 lira ! I thought they had made a mistake, but not so. 50cl of draft Efes was 13.5 lira, if we had chosen a bottle, that would have been 14.5 each.
In a funny sort of way, I didn't really mind paying that much, it's such a brilliant place to be. Maybe packed lunch tomorrow ?