Where to start? I had my first experience at the hammam, or public bathhouse. It’s kind of like a large, three-room sauna of sorts, where you literally go to bathe. In one room, there is a small pool of warm and cold water, and you can mix the two in buckets to get the right […]
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Fouad to the Restroom
So, this picture, I would think, is fairly self-explanatory, but because it humors me, I’m going to give a rather thorough explanation. Turkish toilets do not have seats. Let’s start there. Some folks in the group have a problem with this, but it has quickly become one of my favorite things here. There’s a wonderful […]