A Turkish Find

Remember the goats?  OK, so there has been some discussion as to whether they are goats or actually sheep, but either way, I shot the video more for the sound of the bells than anything else.  It was a beautiful sound to wake up to.  However, it seems that those goats (or sheep) are only around Kalkan in the off-season, because I haven't seen or heard them at all in the summer.  So no pretty bells to wake up to.  But, at the Sunday Market, I heard the bells again.  Looking around, I couldn't locate any goats, or sheep for that matter, but I did find these:

Goat (or sheep) bells!  A little hard to see, I know - they're hanging next to the hammock.  As soon as I make it back to Kalkan, a set of these are coming home with me.  They'll be packed right next to my trivets.

Balm to My NYC-Missing Heart

I left New York for Kalkan just as street fair season was beginning in Manhattan.  From May (sometimes you'll even see a few pop up in April) until September (or a little into October), weekends in New York City are filled with street fairs.  I always loved leaving my apartment on a Saturday morning and having my plans foiled because as I approached Broadway (or Columbus, or Amsterdam), I would happen upon a street fair.  But, because I won't be back to Manhattan until mid-September, I'm pretty much missing the whole street fair season this year.  Fortunately, I was introduced to the Sunday Market in Akbel, located just a little bit outside of Kalkan.  It's like a street fair, a flea market, and a green market all rolled up into one!


Want inexpensive t-shirts, plastics kids' toys, fly swatters, batteries, kitchen equipment - you name it, they have it!

Need clippers, saws, BBQ grill covers, saws, shovels, knives, fry baskets?  You can get it all from one stall!

Turkey's version of a food truck:

Even Michael made an appearance:

But, our purpose in going to the Sunday Market was to pick up some fresh fruit and vegetables.  Lucky for us, we found this stall:

Aydin, left, and Mehmet, right

Aydin, our market lady, had a great selection of fresh fruit and veg, but won me over with her potatoes - to me, the best looking potatoes in the market that day (they later ended up in an improvised-by-ingredients-we-had-on-hand potato salad - post to come).  The super-reasonable prices didn't hurt, either.  You can also find Aydin at the Thursday Market in Kalkan and the Friday Market in Kaş (pronounced "kash," a town about twenty minutes drive from Kalkan).


All-in-all, for someone missing New York City, the Sunday Market provided a little taste of NYC in Turkey. 


Oh!  And what visit to the market would be complete without a stop by:

The sheep and goat truck.

Collected on a hillside

Goats.  On the hill next to the villa.



You're welcome.