The picture files must be massive. The taste of this tea was just as large. I even had to put a bit of sugar in mine, and that's saying something. Liv and Ruby would love this.
We met our tour guide, Ali, today. He looks like a guy you'd see with a Mets (or Yankees) hat, anywhere in the world. Very nice, very experienced with the Fulbright tours. He talked to us about Ankara as we drove back from the airport. Turks pay the highest gas prices in the world, he said, about $12/gal., due to very high taxes. About 70% of the cars sold in Europe last year were made in Turkey, and automobiles topped Turkish exports in 2008 (again, per Ali). There's more but those are the two facts that stand out the most. Must get to bed. Turkish language lessons resume first thing, and judging from my spotty performance ordering dinner, I could use the rest. Hugs to all (Turks are big kissers, apparently, but more on that later--)
Wait until you taste their fresh bread. Yummm. Oh, and the fruit is fantastic. A bit of Raki over ice is more than nice. Thanks for the blog updates.
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If your pictures are still turning out huge and you don't have Photoshop to make them smaller, try creating a flickr.com account. When you upload your photos it automatically creates smaller versions that you can save and use for blog posts. If you do have some kind of photo editor, try resizing the image down to no more than 600 pixels wide (just save it as a copy so you don't lose your original). Let me know if I can help you since I deal with this stuff day in and day out!
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