Buses, Food and Toilet Humour

Yesterday, the girls and I decided we had had enough of staying enclosed in the school premises day after day so we decided to venture out on our own to the closest city, which is Safranbolu. The first funny thing was trying to catch a bus. The buses are tiny and obviuosly being in a small city no one could speak English. It was a moment of Lost in translation. We had no idea where to get off or even how. People would just shout at the bus driver and the driver would stop. Eventually the driver manager to see we were having problems so he sat us down and made the gesture that he would tell us when to get off. Tthe funny thing was that when we saw a part of the city we recognised we stood up so we could get off the bus. The driver wouldn't let us. We were gesturing and nodding "yes yes, we want to get off". At least in the end he managed to let us off. After that we went for a doner with a salad, chips and a coke, and the meal cost us only 5TL (this is equivalent to 2.50€) shocker!!! Really great food. On the way home we saw a pub and decided to be naughty and enter. We were the only women in there and the men were rather shocked but really welcoming towards us. We stayed for a couple of beers and the service was great. We were given travel broshures of the city of places to visit. The owner even took photos of us because of the shock of having three women in his bar. Unfortunately the only bad thing about the bar is that the toilet was awful. I was really dying to go and almost passed out from the smell. Of course it was going to smell. No women ever go in. You even have a picture of Marilyn Monroe on the walls. We were close to asking the owner to do something about it but we refrained ourselves. But below you can see the translation.

We then got a taxi home and the owner accompanied us. He wasn't doing this to try it on or anything like that, it was because he was being a gentlemen towards us. So far I have been so surprised with the way we are being looked after by everyone. People have been very ignorant and said not to trust anyone and I think that is something to be said about anywhere you go. But Turkey is different in a positive aspect. People are welcoming, hospitable, friendly and will go out of their way to make you feel good. I definitely would recommend coming to this country. Not only for its beautiful sites, but the food and the whole place in general.

Getting the Bus was a real adventure.

Welcome to Safranbolu

Doner for 2.50€ woop woop

With the owner of Safran Pub in Safranbolu

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