First day at the new gig

This is the Şarampol street bazaar. On the surface, the new bazaar looks pretty much the same as the old bazaar.

Still plenty of children who should be in school. Whatevs.

One thing I noticed is that the pricing at these things is completely arbitrary. I used to pay 7 million for a tray of 30 jumbo eggs in Meltem. In Şarampol, the exact same tray is 5 million. Avocados were 1 million each in Meltem; they’re 2.5 million each in Şarampol.

I was warned that I would get lost the first time in a new bazaar, and that is exactly what happened. Luckily, getting lost is one of my favourite activities.

During my wanderings I discovered that Tuna are bigger than humans. Wow.

They have an escalator. Fancy.

All in all, I’d say it was a good experience. There was certainly more Turklish than you could shake a stick at, and quite a lot of my regular shopping was cheaper than I expected (though a few things were ridiculously expensive). So I’d say we’re back in business. The bazaar is dead; long live the bazaar!