back from the 6 day turkey trip and yeah it was really a GREAT trip and i seriously mean a great trip. basically, it's a very very different trip compared to all the other typical european trips. Though there were some unhappy happenings, like the shoeshine person trying to con me into shining my shoe, the whole trip was pretty much enjoyable.

はい！皆さん、トルコから戻ったばかりで、すごく楽しかった旅行と思います。　この旅行は普通のヨーロッパ旅行と比べると、大変違います。いろいろな理由があって、ここにゆっくり説明する。悪いことがあったのに、例えば、靴を磨く人が無理に私の靴を磨きたかったのに、旅行は楽しかったんです。

we got to experience a cave life in Cappadocia, Turkey, which i din really like cos the air was quite bad for my throat! but in exchange for that, we got to see really magnificent landscapes that were sculptured by nature. We got to see things like the 'chimneys' which is basically a huge pointed rock with a huge stone capping it at the top. such chimneys were formed due to wind erosion and such strong winds could not erode the top part of the rock due to its incredible hardness and density. kinda weird yeah but interesting, thus giving such interesting landscape. A pity the weather did not allow us to take the hot air balloon to have a bird's eye view of the undulating canyons.

cappadocia のcave生活が初めて経験できたんですけど、caveに住んでいた経験がちょっと好きではないんで、空気が私ののどにちょっと悪かったので。　ところが、自然のおかげですばらしい地形がみられた。そんなchimneyという岩石は強風の力で作られたんで、面白い地形になった。　岩石の最高の部分はとても硬いので、強風にerodedされることができないので、そんなchimneyのような形になったんです。　残念なことは　悪い天気のせいで　hot air balloon で全部の景色が目に入れなかったんです。





In Cappadocia, we also got to see how the locals lead such a really different life from many of us city dwellers. Kids, instead of punching nintendo gamboys or laptops, were all very contented playing simple games in a drain, like the life of our parents when they were young. One of the interesting happenings that we met was when a lady was bringing out loads of fresh bread (nan) to her factory and our driver just stopped by to get 2 (free) from her to let us try. the bread tasted really really good, soft texture and what's more, it just came out of the oven!

Cappadociaの人の生活は私たちのにとても違って面白いと思う。　子供たちはコンピュータと電子ゲームをしないで　簡単なゲームをするんですが嬉しくなれたようです。面白いことのひとつはあるところに行く途中に、ドライバが下車して　パンを持って道路を渡っていた女の人に　無料で新鮮なパンをもらって　私たちに　食べさせてもらったんです。パンは柔らかくて、焼いたところなので、本当においしかったんです！



In Istanbul, there were cavernous mosques everywhere instead of the usual churches or cathedrals we see in european countries. 2 opulent palaces were also present and we went to 1 called the dolmabahce palace which was a new palace built during the ottoman empire, was really huge and much more grand and lavish than all the palaces i've seen so far in europe. it had a chandelier u could not imagine how huge it was.

Istanbul で　ヨーロッパ国の大きな教会の変わりにすごく大きなmosques　を見たんです。内側はすごい設計があって、私が気に入る。



Turkish ppl were friendly and treated us really nice. took photos with them. And of all things, the best experience was the food!!! we had loads of kebabs and really crazy desserts. had desserts after every dinner so i became a little fatter after this trip. we had desserts like rice pudding, turkish delights, fruits pudding and lots more. the 2 really special ones were rice pudding and the 1 bread-like thing with chicken meat inside! really cool! and we all got to try these desserts in a shop featured in 美食大三通. we were totally excited and satisfied when we saw the shop cos the name and address of the shop were not mentioned in that program and we actually managed to find it in Taksim which is like the orchard road in sg. wow, I really had lots of fun in turkey and also went to develop some photos! alright, and for my next trip to scotland tmr morning!

親切なトルコ人、それに、おいしい食べ物がいっぱいあって本当に深い思い出になったんです。　一番忘れられなかった思い出は　デザートです。　いろいろな種類があって、例えば、ライスで作られたpudding　とか　鶏肉で作られたパンのようなもの。そんなことは確かたくさんの人　が聞いたことがないと信じる。　一番満足したのは　この美食大三通というプログラムで紹介されたデザート店を　探したことなんです。　住所を知らないで、店の名前を知らないで、捜せたのは満足した。　この店は singapore orchard road のような　Taksim という所にあるんです。トルコで本当に楽しかったです、写真さえ現像した。はい、次の旅行scotlandです。