Tuesday Emily and I went out and about to see the town.
We started by walking to the Gaziatep museum, with exhibits on the history of the area and information local traditional arts and crafts.
Gaziantep is known for metal working particularly copper. There are also a number of artisans who work with mother of pearl inlay. In addition there are quite a few shops that sell and make traditional leather shoes called yemenis.
We sampled some very tasty baklava at a place deep inside the bazaar labarynth. We continued through the maze of streets, stopping at intersting shops along the way.
We also went to some very small museums. The culinary museum was interesting and informative, with several rooms with displays and pictures of local traditional foods. The glass museum had more archeology that glass with almot no information about the pieces. The money museum was more of a personal collection of currency and coins on display from a man obviously obsessed with these things. He invited us in and had us sit on a pretty dirty sofa in the courtyard and proceded to show us coins of all sorts and ages. He also brought out a large tub of currencies from all over the world, all individually sealed in plastic. We decided not to to tour some of the other rooms. On the way home we stopped for some lahmacun, which is a flat bread with spiced meat on top. I also tried some ayran, a salty milky drink that is a local favorite, but did not work well with my palette.
In the evening, we went out to dinner and drinks with some of Emily's friends.
It was a very fun day!
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