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Published: September 20th 2008
“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. “
~Lin Yutang
On our last week in Turkey we mainly did the beach thing. We enjoyed our time in Turkey very very much. They say the genes of Chimpanzees and Man are 97%!s(MISSING)imilar. But the 3%!m(MISSING)ake a huge difference. When traveling to a foreign country you usually find that 97%!o(MISSING)f the way people live and behave around the world is the same as it is at home and you spend most of your time seeking the 3%!d(MISSING)ifference in order to learn and experience something new. In turkey it was difficult to find that difference. We felt much at home. The temperament, history and some of the views are similar When we have visitors to Israel we usually take him to a middle-eastern restaurant to experience “real-Israeli-food” and there you get food that is similar to Turkish food. The religion is different but the secular attitude is like in Israel. to tell the truth we were a bit “disappointed” to find that Turkey is a modern place. But we still go
to see interesting and unique places, eat excellent local food, explore the rural and more traditional places in Turkey, and interact with the friendly Turks. And best of all we got to spend time together as a family and overcome all the challenges of traveling.
We can’t wait to do it again.
“In America there are two classes of travel -
first class, and with children. “
~Robert Benchley
Of the two options above Liya is a first class business traveler.. It seems Liya enjoys flights very much. Her enjoyment starts at the airport. She looks around for casual friends. When she finds someone that she is interested in, she starts networking with small talk and quickly gets into the business of playing with him. When we enter business lounges she enjoys her self so much that on the flight to Istanbul we were last to board the plane and had to be personally paged. We' had 7 flights on this trip. In each one of them Liya fell asleep while the plane was taxiing out and woke up when it was taxiing at our arrival port. The only time she complained slightly was when another
baby was crying near us. The nerve! Who flies with a crying baby? She ate some of the airplane food and fell back asleep ready for her exploring her new destination…
And as ye would that men should do to you,
do ye also to them likewise."
Luke 6:31,
King James Version.
All around the world if you see more then one car driver in the opposite lane flashing his head-lights it will mean one thing - there is a police radar in your direction ahead. I wonder how such behavior evolved the same way all around the world? How is it that law abiding citizens of the world unite in such a way against the police under all forms of rule? And what makes people perform such a selfless deed without any clear personal benefit and without any promise that the same will be done to them? In any case we thank the anonymous Turkish drivers that helped us get to our destinations fast and without risk of a ticket.
It is a known fact that 43%!o(MISSING)f statistics are made up
In the last week we drove
1350 km so the total amout of distance we traveled on this trip by car was -
5120 km . we used
3 cars and had a Total of
7 flights We slept in
17 different hotels. There were
only 3 hotels with a baby bed so Liya spent
24 nights sleeping between us. It will be difficult both for her and for us to go back sleeping in different beds.
In
4 locations we stayed
3 nights - this corresponds to the places we most enjoyed - Istanbul, Brhal, Gorme and Bodrum.
Liya eat meat
2 times in Turkey - half a hamburger in Istanbul and 2 Chicken Nuggets in a McDonalds on the way to Bodrum
Liya added
4 teeth to her original 3 in the last month.
Because his bag was missing, Yaron used
only 2 different t-shirts bought in Istanbul’s bazaar in the time spent between Istanbul and Bodrum (total of
24 days ). The statistic for underwear is not much better but we will spare the details
We saw a
total of
16 episodes of “Friends - 1st season” on the laptop in the evening after Liya fell asleep
Countless - the number of Turks that touched/kissed/pinched Liya on the street, while she was eating and during here sleep.
Priceless - the time we spent together
“And I feel that times a wasted gold
So where ya going to tommorrow”?
Stone Temple Pilots
The first lesson of economics 101 is “time is money” which is - at lease in theory - very true. Given enough time you can make as much money as you want or need. Many people confuse this relationship and mistakenly think that this is an equation and “money is time” as well. Unfortunately, this is not true. Time is the only real resource which can not be bought or bartered. You might be able to free up some of it (and the more money you have the more free time you get) but the fact is that you get a best case allowance of 80-odd years.
In order for us not to waste and misuse time we will reset the countdown for our next
trip
00
DAYS
00
HOURS
00
MINS
00
SECS
till our next trip
Hopefully, we use this time well when not traveling and get back on the road before this clock runs out.
Turkish phrasebook
Like in all travel we pick up phrases a quotes that we constantly tell each other. We are documenting them mainly for our memories but some have found
our last trip’s dictionary amusing so here goes… (sorry - this part has to be in our native Hebrew…)
אם יש רמפה אני עולה רמפה לעגלות מסומנות בטורקיה בשלט
RAMPA
אם ראינו שלט כזה כיוונו את העגלה של ליה לשם
יוניידר קללה טורקית פרי המצאתנו - דוגמה:
"יוניידר - של לנו פנצ'ר בגלגל!"
או
"יוניידרים - איזה מנה קטנה הביאו לי"
מקורה בברכה הטורקית
Uniden
אותה שמענו הכל פעם שהתקשרנו למחלקת האבדות לחפש את התיק לשלנו
חורה לי עצוב לי, מרגיז לי, מעצבן, חבל לי
דוגמה
"חורה לי שיש רק זיתים שחורים בארוחת הבוקר"
נשפך להם ביצה בשמן נאמר בכל פעם שקיבלנו חביתה לארוחת בוקר
Give me maximum price טקטיקת משא ומתן של חגית להשגת מחיר גבוה במיוחד לדברים (לדעתו של ירון)
וויפי, שוויפי, וריפיל לקופי
מדד למלון טוב. לדוגמה:
"היום אני מכון להתפשר על הוויפי, אבל שיהיה שוויפי, וריפיל לקופי"
מקור מאנגלית
Wifi - אינטרנט על-חוטי
Sweepy - נקי ברמה שליה יכולה להיות בו על הרצפה
Refill - ארוחת בוקר למופת
מזנוח טאון עיירה מוזנחת שחבל שאנחנו ישנים בה היום
מסרוח טאון עיירה ממש מסריחה.
דרגה מתחת למזוח טאון. דוגמה:
"חורה לי שאנחנו ישנים במסרוח טאון - אין: לא וויפי, לא שוויפי ולא ריפיל לקופי"
בים בם בום איזה באסה להיות פה היום! (לפי לחן של השיר פים פם פו)
שרנו שכל פעם שעברנו ליד חנות
BIM
הקיימת בכל מסרוח טאון
במה אני אעבוד? שאלה של חגית המסיימת כל שיחה
פרי-נוק שם קוד לכל מחית פירות שליה אכלה
קונקציה בעיטה בראש שליה נתנה לאחד מאיתנו - בדרך כלל באמצע הלילה תוך כדי שינה
דוגמה
"כל הלילה היא עשתה לי קוקציה באף"
רוקפומציה נוף יפה
מאנגלית
Rock formation
לא להתנצר לא להתפצל. מקורה בטעות שמיעה של ירון לבקשה של אמא שלו
דוגמה:
ירון - אני הולך לשם לצלם משהו
חגית - אנחנו באות איתך שלא תתנצר
ציני דרך עם נוף יפה
דוגמה
"מאוד ציני בטרקיה"
לעצור הכל, לא לאכול כלום קריאה הנאמרת כשליה אוכלת
אוכל חדש מהצלחת שלנו
לדוגמה
"היא אוכלת צ'יפס- תעצרי הכל - אל תוכלי כלום. אם היא תיגמור את זה נקנה עוד"
זה הסיפור שאת מספרת לעצמך דרך שלנו ליישב אי הבנה במצב
לדוגמה
בטוקריה מותר לפנות ימינה באדום - זה הסיפור שאני מספר לעצמי
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R Eldar
Rotem Eldar
Way to go guys!
What a great trip, what a great way to show the world that kids are not the end of the road, and what a great blog - as usual! I see that travelblog has improved since I last posted any stories. Makes me want to go traveling again ;) Keep on the good work - and how the hell do you know that in ~600 days you will travel again???