Errand day. Have things to buy at the DIY shop so check to see which other stores are nearby so that one dolmuş stop will do. Dolmuşes are really handy because they will beep lightly if they see you walking, just to see if you’re hoping for a ride, and are happy to let you off anywhere you ask. We ask to go to Ileli, the smartest of the supermarkets on today’s list. Enjoy checking out the offerings but we’re happy to note that our regular little grocery store near home is pretty competitive in prices if not in variety - and obviously a much shorter distance to carry things. Do buy four bulgur köftesi (known in the South as koupes) at their deli counter. Lovely little sausage shaped treats made of a fine bulgur casing with enough liquid to hold it together stuffed with seasoned ground meat and onion filling and then deep fried. They’re delicious, though we resist the temptation to eat them immediately.
Pass the shop where we bought the mobile and remember that they had said when we went to pay for the provider service that the first month was free. Lovely - but when was that? December. Early or mid? A month ago? Is the phone, which I have forgotten to bring with me, now lying newly dead at home? Could go into the shop to inquire but there seems to be a longish queue inside and I can’t remember my phone number, so probably little to be gained but embarrassment.
On to the little DIY shop. It’s a pleasure to poke around in and the people who work there are lovely, helpful but not overbearingly so. And pretty good at interpreting my non-technical descriptions. What kind of glue did you want? Me: the kind where you mix two things together. Oh yes, over there on the left. Pretty good buy on a plug adapter. And J gets an impressive pair of leather gauntlets. But they’re welding gloves - aren’t they a bit of overkill for our little shrubbery? Yes, but they’re a steal at the price and they’ll come home with us. Fair enough.
Last stop is the Russian shop. Nothing underpriced here but everything super quality and locally sourced. So buy smoked chicken garlic sausage and smoked pork fillet.
Dolmuş home and message the mobile provider. Can I pay tomorrow? Answer comes back that we have until the fifteenth . Signed with a happy face 😊.
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