Turkey – Antalya

Nov 4. Temperature 28.  It is very interesting to see how this culture embraces and cares for the cats living on the street. You see little houses everywhere and piles of cat food and water bins as well as little cat houses. People sitting out in the evenings have cats on their laps petting them and smiling. Maha,  who we met in Istanbul,  said she has five cats she feeds every night on her way home from work. She said she would give some a home but working for the UN she travels too much so is not able to.

We spent our lovely warm evenings people watching and listening to street music.

The public affection is wonderful to watch here.  Men greet each other by touching both  sides of their forehead to the other. Young people greet elders by first kissing their hand pressing that kissed hand to their own forehead and then kissing both cheeks. And of course the cheek to cheek kissing you see in France is seen all over . Then you have the children holding their parents hands as they walk. So wonderful to see.