This morning we went to the Selcuk
bazaar in the center of town. I
think the vendors must have spent the whole night setting up their stalls. There were spices, cheeses, breads,
clothes, scarves, rugs, and beautifully colorful produce. We ambled about for a least an hour and
I bought a cheap $2 replacement wedding ring since I decided it best to leave
my real one back at home.
We took a minibus to a nearby
mountain village called Sirince.
It was quaint with broken-up narrow cobblestone streets and white stucco
houses with red roofs – very Mediterranean style. More or less a tourist trap though – White and Asian
tourists everywhere! I’ll admit,
the whole place seemed sort of counterfeit, but beautiful.
Nese invited us over for a
traditional Turkish dinner – peppers stuffed with herbs and rice, ground beef
patties with tomato and pepper, a type of sticky rice with noodles in it, a
salad, lentil soup and brown bread, and water with mint and lemon. For dessert – scrumptious
walnut-coconut and almond-pistachio Turkish delight and the best baklava I’ve
ever tasted. We shared the meal
with two opinionated elderly British men (Christian workers) who’ve lived in
Selcuk for a while now. They
heatedly discussed the fine points of certain theological doctrines, which made
me uncomfortable at first but it got entertaining after a while. All in all, we spent a lot of time
discussing Scripture and they both had great insight and wisdom to convey. It was a terrific meal and an
interesting and even enlightening fellowship-time.
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