South Turkey - Day 3 and 4

T19th and 20th Sept 05, Monday & Tuesday - As usual, sports in the morning till afternoon. Then it's biology session which included snorchling(to find stuff under the sea), water experiments, autopsy session(with a small fish)etc.....

Went to the town with friends. Man , I was really really surprised that there were soooooo many tourists in Side. German and Swiss tourists in specific. In the hotel itself, 90% were German and Swiss tourists.What surprised me more was that the Turks can speak and understand German! I assume better their German is better than their English. All shops are filled with fake goods from Puma, Adidas, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, etc....a really huge variety of clothes, bags and shoes...a shopping paradise for shoppers...Oh ya, let me describe a few scenes we encountered in the town.

We as 1st timers in the town:
Scene A:
Tourists (we) walking along the streets. The Turks hear us speaking German or rather Swiss German. T-Turks. U- Us

T : CHOCKILAND! CHOCILAND! Bist du von die Schwiez? (Are u from Switzerland)
U : Ja (Yes)
T : Kommt, kommt! Heute alles gratis!!(Come! COme! Today everything's free! )

Scene B :
T : Guten Tag! Wie gehts (Good day! How r u?)
U : Gut, sehr gut! (good!)
T : Haben Sie eine Minuten?(Do u have a minute?)
U : Ja
T : Heute ist meine Geburtstag. Eine für 12 Euro! (Today is my birthday!
1 for 12 Euros!

Not as 1st timers any more:
Scene A:
T : Hallo, hallo! Bist du Schweizer? (Are u Swiss?)
U : Keine geld mehr! (No more money!)

Scene B:
T : Hallo! Hallo! Haben Sie eine Minuten? (DO u have a minute?)
U : Alles zu teuer! (Everything's too expensive!)

Those are the scenes we encountered in the town for god-knows- how many times was that.Every shop we pass, there's bound to be some1 to ask all these questions......but sometimes it can piss ppl off...like my friend was pissed off by this. Other tourists too. I guess every country has their own way of doing business.Oh ya, my nationality was also questioned for the whole week when we were in the town. Below are the results:

Japanese : more than 15 times
Chinese : 3
Dutch : 2 ( Dunno how the hell they can see me as a Dutch?!
Sunglasses covering my eyes is no excuse! Of all nationalities,
Dutch!?!?! How hilarious is that?!?!?! )
Korean : 1
Philipines : 1

As I said, a trip into town is sometimes really interesting and hîllarious.