We exchanged our van for a boat and cruised the Mediterranean for two days. Our group arrived on board exhibiting more than our usual number of ailments. In addition to the numerous allergies and specialized food requirements that must be met ~we had a case of pink eye and one person who seemed to have picked up the stomach flu. Not to mention that alarming number of people who declared they suffer from motion sickness while on boats. It also came to light that on top of sun allergies we had a person that didn't like to be splashed with water. Hard to accommodate on a party boat that is cruising around with people jumping off the top floor into the water.
At supper one night we were fed sea brim, a very expensive and delicious fish. It arrived at or table with it's head attached-which seems to be typical Turkish style. We have had fish three times now and it always arrives with head attached. The girl across from me started to cry. Tears were rolling down her face as she tried to cut the head off. She was talking to the fish telling it she was "sorry, so sorry, oh so sorry". I found it strange that she was crying about cutting the fishes head off but was ok with it's flesh being grilled. Given the choice I would have my head cut off rather than have my flesh grilled. The ship captain saw her crying and shook his head.
The Turkish people are incredibly strong and tough. I think we must embarrass them.
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