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Advantages: Lots of culture and history, cheap, tasty food, kind people Disadvantages: Those slippy footpaths!
from there. The bus station was only half built, or perhaps it was half demolished. Judging by our small Lonely Planet map we hadn?t been dropped at the main station. We started walking and tried to find a landmark but within minutes we were approached by an elderly man who offered us a room and he showed us on the map that it was close to the Old Town of Mostar and very close to the main bus station which would be useful for our departure. He was a Professor of Engineering at the University and he rented out several rooms in a rambling house on a quiet street. It was very basic but clean and comfortable with our own bathroom. Before we went out to explore, our host kindly made us Bosnian coffee (similar to the Turkish was of serving it) and presented us with a plate of sweet grapes from his own vines. Later we had figs from the garden too ...
Advantages: Idyllic setting, fascinating history, friendly people Disadvantages: Difficult to get to - limited range of facilities
generate enough funds to rebuild the rest of the city but at the moment it seems a very slow process.
After a couple of hours left alone we then met up with the guide and he took us into a Turkishhouse or Biscevica Corner as it is known. It is one of the most beautiful preserved residential structures from the Turkish period. It was built in 1635. The house is surrounded by very high walls which was to protect women and young girls from men's activities. Inside the house rooms are seperated into men's rooms and womens rooms. This house is now a museum showing you life as it was in those times. There is a small theatre inside where we were shown a film depicting the bombing of the Old Mostar bridge.
As we sat down in this theatre I felt very cold and as the guide started to tell us about the war I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand ...
Advantages: Great food, quick, friendly service, inexpensive Disadvantages: Can be crowded and noisy on weekend nights
INTRODUCTION
Diyarbakir is a Turkish Restaurant on Green Lanes (A10), in the borough of Haringey, North London, a 7-8 minute walk from Manor House Tube station and practically seconds away from Harringay Green Lanes rail entrance. Undoubtedly, the densest Turkish restaurant population in London, if not, the whole planet, including Istanbul itself. I moved to this area in 2005 and my decision was mainly down to the great value restauration and the Mediterranean (Turkish - Cypriot - Greek - Middles Eastern) groceries having grown up on the stuff.
THE RESTAURANT
You can spot the trays of lovely, colourful daily stews from the street as they are displayed in the window. As you enter, the long chilled counter is on your left with a huge menu board overhead. The decor is simple, now repainted a warm yellow and red. Unlike ...
