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Curious in the Middle East - Summer 2008

July 24, 2008

"Mr. Cheese Bread"

05:55

This picture is in the Istanbul folder, too. This man always had his cart between my hotel and where I always got on the bus to go to the conference. He always stopped me and told me how happy he was to see me. He always gave me some bread (enough for two people) for free. So that was my breakfast everyday.

イスタンブールというフォルダーの中の Mr. Cheese Bread という写真は、毎朝同じところでお店を開く人で、ホテルと学会行きのバスの間にいつもいたので毎朝会ってました。その人がいつも「会えて嬉しい」と言い、無料で2人分のパンをくれたので、毎日そのパンを朝ごはんにしてました。

CookieCookie 2008/07/26 15:35 What great pictures! You included animals, cats and even a dog, and, thanks for the ad for me at your presentation! I cannot see the face of Ataturk in that sculpture but I CAN see the silver bracelet on your wrist! I’m eager to see all the treasures you found in your adventures. The two layered bridge must be the one you remember as a child. And all the food vendors! A lot of bread, BIG bread. No pictures inside the Turkish bath? Well, now you must think about resting up for your next effort. Eager to see you. Send us your arrival time at O’Hare.

CuriousCurious 2008/07/26 21:16 I’m glad you got to see the pictures I posted. Yes! I’ll show you all the goodies I got during my trip. I’ll tell you all the stories when I get to O’Hare. I’ll be there at 4:09 pm on 29th. (^^) BTW, I have no pictures of the Turkish bath. I had to leave everything in a locked room. They give you a room to yourself and you lock it yourself and keep the key with you. I’ll explain in more details when we talk in person. See you soooooooooon!

AM (^!^)AM (^!^) 2008/08/08 04:25 Dear Curious,
Thank you for sending me the card! I received it yesterday. Also, I enjoyed your pictures! It is very interesting to see from these pictures how Egypt and Turkey are different. I am glad that your flight back home was a good and safe one. I still think that you did well not to fly last year around this time .... I cannot believe that you could go through the custom with the liquid of more than 100ml (isn’t it?) with olives !! Take a good rest in Japan before you are coming back to the US. See you in the Fall!