Old Adana

Dinner in Old Adana

We decided to try a new place off base. I was talking to one of the local contractors and he said he knew of a good place in Old Adana. I had a general idea about where that area of Adana is, but he said it was under a big clock. John, Mike, and I have found that we tend to say yes even if we don't know where things are or can't understand the Turkish. So I didn't know exactly where we were going, but hey, what's new?

Right out of the gate we saw a guy riding a donkey leading a camel with a halter. Guys on donkeys are nothing new, but we had never seen a camel. I pulled a U-turn and we got some pictures. Unfortunately this is the only one that came out.

We ended up parking far away and had to walk and figure out where this clock tower was. I had no idea how to say clock tower, but I asked a Turk "Nerede?" as I pointed to my watch and held it up above my head. He seemed to understand and pointed us down the street. I asked a couple more guys using the same strategy, but we only found a tiny clock in the middle of an intesection.

It wasn't the right place, but we found a cafe with kebaps. We sat down and checked out the view from the balcony. We found an interesting sign across the street.

We were looking for Kebaps, so when the waiter came we all ordered them.
We started looking for sides and when I saw that Yengen translated as "your aunt" I had to get it. I didn't have a clue what it was, but how could I pass it up?

We sat and chatted for a while. While we waited for our food. There was a pretty good view out into the street. We'll have to come back sometime and check out the shops.

The kebaps were pretty good. "Your Aunt" turned out to be a grilled cheese sandwich with slices of sausage and dill pickle in it. John is pointing at it.


After we ate, we sipped some Chay and headed home. We didn't find the place we were looking for, but it was a good time. Next time we are going to scout out the place in the truck before we park. The rest of the photos are at http://new.photos.yahoo.com/axelclark2#page1