“Why do Turkish people always say ‘yes, please?’” asked the two backpackers in my living room, after a few weeks of surveying the Turkish Mediterranean and Kapadokya. I felt myself going back in time a little bit, to my earliest experiences in this country. Curiosity brought them here, as it had me during my first visit. I wonder if they were as charmed and dazzled by it all as I was. Now they’re back home, processing the blur of new faces, foods, bus/boat/train rides, hikes, hotel rooms, salt water, breathtaking landscapes, and countless funny episodes that decorate such a visit. I said that that’s probably what they (the hotel employees, etc.) think is the most appropriate and professional way to start conversation with a tourist - and I give them a lot of credit. Being on
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