tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post4727541370262095172..comments2024-03-16T08:21:24.661-04:00Comments on My Traveling Joys: Odd Things from Turkey I bring to PolandJoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-30381830674940105392013-08-17T03:51:30.684-04:002013-08-17T03:51:30.684-04:00@Müge, çok teşekkürler! Our Turkish friends find i...@Müge, çok teşekkürler! Our Turkish friends find it amusing what I "smuggle" back to our US friends and to our new home in Poland! :-) Your items also are good choices! I recently discovered a Turkish kebab restaurant with a small grocery store here. So now I can easily buy nar ekşisi and biber salsacı right here in Warsaw!<br /><br />Hope you enjoy reading my "Turkish Joys!"Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-75691943116078067562013-08-15T06:29:19.665-04:002013-08-15T06:29:19.665-04:00Hello,
Yesterday I discovered this blog of yours ...Hello,<br /><br />Yesterday I discovered this blog of yours and I liked it very much! I'm a Turkish woman, so your posts related to Turkey take my attention a little more than your other posts. So, at first I'll read the "Turkish joys" and then read the others. :) Reading this post of yours I found myself thinking what I'd have brought home from TR if I lived abroad. I would definitely bring green apple tea I buy from Kapalı Çarşı. I'd bring "Güllaç yufkası" so I could make my Güllaç whenever I wanted to. Then "nar ekşisi" and of course, Turkish coffee. Other than these I'd bring some books in the Turkish language (In Germany I saw a book by Ahmet Ümit for 30 Euro! It's insane!) and some CDs of Turkish bands/singers.<br /><br />MügeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-36885248321866223432013-08-01T05:13:09.834-04:002013-08-01T05:13:09.834-04:00@Meg, Thanks dear! Guess we all have different thi...@Meg, Thanks dear! Guess we all have different things that we miss from Turkey! Luckily, if we go back for the holidays this year to the US, I don't think there's really much I need to bring back now except for cookbooks, clothes and shoes! Warsaw has quite the international foodie scene and now I have all my Turkish goodies too! :-)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-86033033129677876002013-07-31T19:10:47.998-04:002013-07-31T19:10:47.998-04:00Love this post! On our last visit (and first trip ...Love this post! On our last visit (and first trip back after moving home), I got a lot of instant coffee (yes, really), sahlep, and chocolates from Kahve Dunyasi, glasses and mugs from Pasabahche, and strangely, "balik" crackers (aka Goldfish) for the baby. I miss it so!thenotoriousmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419064350570672439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-27442972413295680632013-07-31T16:09:54.403-04:002013-07-31T16:09:54.403-04:00@Darlene, I know what you mean! But surprisingly a...@Darlene, I know what you mean! But surprisingly after my recent trip, I feel better about living here in Warsaw. Odd maybe? :-) My friends in Istanbul are only a short plane ride away.<br /><br />@Sue, that's a great list! I'm begging hubby to let me return in October as well. What dates will you be there?Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-10773464190331599792013-07-31T14:37:09.514-04:002013-07-31T14:37:09.514-04:00Great slippers, Joy! I'll have to look for som...Great slippers, Joy! I'll have to look for some when I go in October. I'm going to bring back some Iranian saffron, some Cini cookies (because they're cute) and a framed picture from Omer Gunce's shop in the Grand Bazaar. Maybe some lokum as well; I love the kavrulmus kind.Sue Narayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12258144371229177682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-72356944326765786012013-07-31T13:18:59.209-04:002013-07-31T13:18:59.209-04:00Ack! This just made me miss Turkey!Ack! This just made me miss Turkey!Dalenehttp://www.hecktictravels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-4914387254335809412013-07-31T10:16:17.679-04:002013-07-31T10:16:17.679-04:00@Julia, yes indeed! The only hardcore American thi...@Julia, yes indeed! The only hardcore American things I miss are burgers and Dr. Pepper, but Warsaw seems to have both of those covered for me. :-)<br /><br />@Moe, thanks! I love Bilge's mix of different teas. Her vanilla tea works great to make custards and ice creams. Great that you get your parents to visit!<br /><br />@Joyce, Yes, I do like "smuggling" things as much as I can! ;-)Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-29582125257592591572013-07-31T08:02:06.685-04:002013-07-31T08:02:06.685-04:00haha...being an ex-pat is turning you into a good ...haha...being an ex-pat is turning you into a good smuggler!jaz@octoberfarmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17249328159454897124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-68934715238710148852013-07-31T06:44:37.594-04:002013-07-31T06:44:37.594-04:00Cute shoes! I'm going back to the states tomor...Cute shoes! I'm going back to the states tomorrow and am also bring tea from Ucuzlar! Also some organic cotton stuffed toys from Nahil for friends with babies, olive oil for my parents and salted dried chick peas for my friends. I usually bring spices as well, but my parents were just here and bought the place out!Moehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158798567853685977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-31993365011266611052013-07-31T06:21:19.389-04:002013-07-31T06:21:19.389-04:00you had a good shopping spree. :)If we went back t...you had a good shopping spree. :)If we went back to the UK, I'd probably take some spices back with us, too...except we've not been back in an age so nothing to take. :) We don't miss any UK food really.Juliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259736008093281882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-43538697798386922312013-07-31T05:51:46.035-04:002013-07-31T05:51:46.035-04:00@Sinemk, That's a great list! I also used to b...@Sinemk, That's a great list! I also used to bring back curry pastes and kaffir lime to Istanbul bc they didn't seem to exist! :-) Happy to hear I'm not the only one with a pork obsession. For my Turkish friends in Istanbul, I brought them Polish pork and vodka gifts.Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920366609527181388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6104067274494549802.post-66408750895505979992013-07-31T04:48:08.241-04:002013-07-31T04:48:08.241-04:00From London to Istanbul I bring back:
Thai green ...From London to Istanbul I bring back:<br /><br />Thai green curry paste, Pork of any kind, Maryland double choc Biscuits, and PG Tips tea (as I hate Turkish tea).<br /><br />From Istanbul to London I take;<br />Tomato paste (fresh home made in the village), anything my mother wants, anything fresh from the village and myself.sinemkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16997822936454340562noreply@blogger.com