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Merhaba (hello)
I'm only just getting the pronunciation of this word right after 7? days. Crazy. I'm not married yet... next Tuesday, your all invited. Actually I lie. But I have had big kisses on two separate occasions... from old blokes with lots of stubble that defoliates my cheeks. Lucky me... typical european style cheek to cheek one side and then cheek to cheek the other. Jokes aside, the two blokes who gave them were very cool and I value there affection and the relationship formed despite not speaking the same language.
The rest of my time in Trabzon had some really good bits.... but not being able to communicate in any depth frustrated me no end. There were bits where you figure something out and its excellent, but more often then not I had to give up on stuff much beyond the simple whats your name, where you from, etc with out lots of effort. A few times I'd just give up trying to translate and just talk in english with the vague hope they might understand. That didn't work. I was trying to tell one bloke I was frustrated that I couldn't talk to him, which he couldn't understand and it just made me even more frustrated. I almost burst into tears. Frigging painful. I want to go back to Trabzon but I'm definitly going to learn more of the language and I want to travel with friends in future if its a place where noone speaks english. For that reason I decided to catch the bus to Goreme in Cappadocia. It's a lot more touristy so I thought there would be some english speakers. The local turks definitely know more english but it's not the same as someone who you can just chat too. Unfortunately I haven't found any english speaking tourists yet being the off season. Maybe tomorrow. Plenty of japanese tourists but that doesn't help. Combined with the big bus trip I'm feeling a little blah today.
So I'm in Kapadokya... quite an amzing place. Throughout the entire region is housing, old churches, and underground networks carved from plumes of stone that jut into the sky and beneath the earth. I went for a wander around Gureme and will be taking a tour tomorrow to check it out. I wish I had someone to explore with. It just feels like I'm seeing it, like its a picture in a book rather than experiencing it with someone else. A bit surreal. The backpackers I'll being staying at typically has a lot of Aussies etc come through so hopefully tomorrow some more will be here.
Theres so much more I want to jot down from my last day in Trabzon but am really not in the mood and having trouble getting stuff out. Maybe tomorrow after a good sleep I'll be feeling better and it'll flow.
In case I don't- this is for my own reminder since this is my diary.
- Mehmet at pastry shop bored, frustrated, brooding single 24.
- Chocolate for Metsa and sewing man
- got Oya dictionary, wrote letter, and chocolate
- fixed trike for kids with dude smashing phone, how else make difference??
- saw inside church