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9/15/05 Day Nine Breakfast in the hotel. Education Begin learning English or French in 2nd grade Konya is well governed many apt buildings have balconies are brightly colored every building has a health center, office businesses, shopping malls Saw Toys R Us and McDonalds signs; Hilton Hotel had bowling next to it Solar heating – in Oct, add antifreeze so that it doesn’t freeze in winter. Barry passed out Turkish delight candies (two types: smaller and bigger chunk variety). Mountains and miles and miles of fields now brown and dry with an occasional old well used before irrigation. Lots of poplar trees. Western part of Central Anatolia called the Anatolian Plateau. Reforestation was part of the 1981 100 year celebration of Ataturk. Passed a community with black and white cows, a boy and a donkey, turkeys surrounded by a mud wall. Brown cows guarded by one man with a rifle. Hoca or Hodja Nasrettin is a man who tells Aesop type fables. Lunch at a place that claims him. Cafeteria style truck stop. Heads of stuffed animals on the walls (including the body of a snow leopard). Ate egg plant stuffed with meat, yogurt, very good creamy rice pudding. Afyon Producer of 1/3 of the world’s legal opium says a guide book and marble Apt buildings with bar-b-que pits built into the walls. Cross lights beep for the blind. Clean carpets every 2 months by hanging them upside down and beating it. Can use 2-3 teaspoons of white vinegar and cold water . Visit to 3 brothers and father who make felt. Villagers bring them the wool (use 6-moth old lamb wool). Villagers use the felt products as seat covers, little carpets, wall-to-wall carpets, rain-proof hats Afyon colors are blue and red. Roll up wool on bottom with design placed on top and put in felting machine with water and olive oil for one hour. Back in machine for one hour. Creates a bulletproof vest or cape. Fleece is unspun wool. Stayed at the Gran Ozer Otel.
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