The coffee is great, and comes basically in the exact same format as Greek coffee (unfiltered, gritty, strong and awesome which sort of sounds like a description ofВ movie football coach or a live performance by Kendrick Lamar). I also really enjoyed their tea culture in Turkey. The shop owners were always incredibly nice and hospitable as well. These were spectacular and came in so many flavors and styles. The one thing they ROCK is вЂњlokumвЂќ (for Greeks itвЂ™s called вЂњloukoumiвЂќ, for English speakers- Turkish Delight). Kebabs, kofte (meatballs), various dips (eggplant, yogurt, spicy tomato, anchovy) were all very common, but I donвЂ™t know if IвЂ™ll crave Turkish food months later. All of the food was pretty good, but nothing really knocked me out like some of the dishes at our previous stops, ESPECIALLY Crete (entire blog post on this if you look through the website). I used every trick in the book, asked waiters to pick the best food, and went from street carts to fine dining. I know we shouldnвЂ™t say things like that as travelers, and I promise I did EVERYTHING I could to find the best spots (went mostly off of local recommendations as opposed to TripAdvisor which is a predominantly English-speaking site so you are pretty limited on reading recs from English speakers only). Important Aside- If you want to know the true story about food in Turkey, for me it was similar to Greek food but not as good. To be honest, we were a little emotionally drained after meeting him, so we went back to our hotel, walked around the city a little and had a nice dinner at a place recommended by our friend Paul Gikas (thanks brother!) For now, here is what happened during the rest of our stay in Istanbul.ДЄfter we left the Patriarchate, we knew that the trip to the city was already totally worth it.

Right now we are finishing up our time in Northern Greece in the city of Thessaloniki, but IвЂ™ll post about our time here later on. Thanks to everyone for the kind words, e-mails and Facebook posts after the last two! ItвЂ™s hard to take time away from traveling whileВ sitting down to write a record, but the knowledge that people are actually reading really helps. With this post IвЂ™ll wrap up our experience in Turkey.

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