Turkey Time

Visit Turkey. Visit Turkey at the end of Ramadan in October or November. Tour historical spots from one of the fifteen civilizations that has been here. Be one of five people climbing all over the ruins of Termessos, a 2,400 year-old mountain city that Alexander the Great failed to conquer. Take a friend and get sick of drinking tea from little cups. Be one of two people in the hammam - Turkish bath, and don't go co-ed. Buy six kilims for yourselves, mothers, and sister. Maybe you'll be lucky and get to spend Thanksgiving with Americans who got a turkey at the commissary. Stay in the cave pensions at Goreme. Imagine St. Paul cruising all over the place, but probably not on the night bus. Be one of seven in the underground city that can have 3,000 people on a summer day. Buy fruit wine in Sirince. Try not to get stuck in traffic in Istanbul for hours at a time. Pet the cats. The water at Olympos is warm enough to swim in.