Turkish

[parasitegirl]

My Turkish vocabulary now includes: Ok, excuse me, American, I don't understand, and I don't speak Turkish.

I got to use it at the restaurant. The owner's niece has moved to Japan to study Japanese and (of course) is working at the restaurant. When I ended my set, had been given a powerful Turkish painkiller (I've pulled a muscle and am resting now) and was waiting for my pay, she came up and excitedly started to talk to me...and which point I was able to use "I don't understand" and "I don't speak Turkish"...at which point she just began to actively grin at me.

P.S. I now have much love for Turkish meds. The owner had explained to me that it would take effect in 30 minutes. I think what he meant to say was "In 30 minutes, you're gonna be pretty fucked up and you won't feel anything." In retrospect I probably should have eaten food at the restaurant this time, but then it might have hit before I got on the train...it hit on the train and I am sure folks thought I was drunk when limp swaying off.

Comments

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

LOL. Have you been to Actual Turkey? My friend Muslima quite literally fell in love at first sight with Istanbul. She went as a temporary thing - she'd been in Israel working and was planning to meet friends for Christmas in some random ME country and needed somewhere to be/do for a month or two. She stayed in Istanbul several years.

[parasitegirl.livejournal.com]

Not yet. Wanted to go this year but it wasn't in the cards.

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

I hope you get to go soon! It really is supposed to be amazingly beautiful, apart from anything else, and if you really feel the music/dance resonates with you so strongly, clearly a visit is meant to be.

[parasitegirl.livejournal.com]

Travel buddy Dave may have the cash and time next spring or summer...that's what fell through.

I'm working on the basics of the language for restaurant and trip.

[superdaintykate.livejournal.com]

I hope you were limp swaying in 9/8.

[parasitegirl.livejournal.com]

Goes without saying.