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THE hUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW,;,.ONTARIQ
WEDNESDAY, MARCH.181h, 1970
Jane
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Prior to Janet Finlayson.leaving
on an extended tour to .various
foreign countries,, The Sentinel'''"'
. —asked Janet -to• -chop us. a-Jine •
giving us some of her ob°serva
tions; The following letter ,
concerns her visit to parts of
Turkey. Janet is the daughter
of Mr,. .and• Mrs . Clark Finlay son
of Luknow and Goderic h.'
Trabzon, Turkey,.,
January 29, 1970.
Mr. Don Thompson, ;t
Editor,
_T_he Luckn_ow Seiitinel_
Dear Don,
'I -have been travelling through
various parts of Turkey (nine days
at time of writing) and have
' decided to make some use of. a
full day -stop -over -aa -•-T abzon- to
order to gather together some of
my impressions about what i•have
seen in this country
My means of travel is by
• 'motor -coach and:is organized by
Penn Tours London : 'We:: journey
_o_verland 10,600. miles in just_:Over_
:wo months toour destination,
KChatmandu. in Nepal. •Even with,
. the•. arnouxof time at. our
disposal :(we normally travel. only
• :.one, two or three days'at :a time,
then stop fora full day or more),
the result is like driving in' a
speeding car through a beautiful
landscape;' one has an impression
-of-all-the--exciting hills °a.nd
valleys, .contours and colours
but one is moving too fast.
day after day; to •be able to take
:a really good look.
,Our trip yesterday followed •
c-lose_ty: the -shores -of the _Black
Sea o •a most a .0 t e '' m
drive, The main road,-' in „fact
• theonly road, was reasonably
good; however; lanes and farm
yards were criss-crossed with
muddy. dile es: -Buildings in
• generally are brownstone and •
�Ir� Visit
Turkey
shabby but .the fields looked
lush and green. we had a sunny
day '_Which heightened the effect'
.cif the -blue sea -and --without
exception every small fishing boats
.or row boat drawn .up along the,
beaches. is painted in bright
colours,: •The Women wear only
the most:colourful cotton prints in
the .countryside. They, usually
cover their heads with scarves and
some follow the Moslem tradition
More strictly by wearing veils.
over part o€,the face. •
It is interesting to see ail the •
primary school children in little,
black smocks' with white collars
and whenever we stop .fora tea-.
.break, they group.around,:the bus
to talk. They learn Gerrnan and .•
English along with their own
language. ;Some only go•to..
school for half 'the day so we are
formally .surrounded :by a crowd `.
morning and afternoon.
Jt •amazes 'rrre .that despite the
.windy 35; 40 degrees'F, , no•one
•ever wears an over -coat !
Their homes are not heated and
last week -end we hada chance
- to --exp a ri ence-the ir-p rimitive
heating and plumbing facilities
in a smallcountry town. called
Urgup in,Ceutra Turkey. This
town, off -the -beaten? track: did
afford Us With the opportunity of
exploring the Goreme Valley /
which is a region famous for its
curious scenery.
Little ;rivers -have carved but
narrow valleys, straight and steep.
sided (so,neatly.shaped as.
to make them look ;almost man-'
made). Elsewhere the . erosionhas
indented the land into the
strangest shapes full of cones,
-colu=mns; towers,-pyr-.a-mils-and--.
'needles; some of which are 100
the 'Sth century. T,oJa�• One can
still see their painted ,c'hurche s anti
crude.cells hollowed In the rock,
that -is --if cold dank cave -s •
;lit only by torches do not. pttt • you
'off,. Our group consists •
:primarily of. young,
people bur. we do have'some.
lively persons' in their sev nties.
We had a birthday', party for oAte
lady celebrating her seventy
fifth yea•r the other day' . •
Our night life has. ..
varied a great deal from, '
sophistica'ted clubs in Instanbul •
and Ankara to local folk dancing
in small towns:'Upon-arrivaFhh
Trabzon.we made' arrangements
fo rthe group to visit the U.S.
Aix. Force Base in the evening,
Which provided a chance to stock
up ,on American cigarettes. At.
present this base is .closin&
operations and the -force has . been'
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seduced from some 1600 to
less than•100. risen,.. The attitude
of the Turkish nationalists in the
local community.is anti
Ame rican,' consequently.thetimen
left at the Base are counting the
da-yi-and hours-until.-they-d-epart -
from this lonely outpost.
While motoring during the day.
we notice numerous cafes, ,known
as "reading rooms" in. Turkish
„which' are •always occupied. .by
the men. who spend the
time smoking, gossiping or play-
ing backgammon. 'Alcoholic
drinks are not served butone
can alwaysrely on obtaining hot
tea (Never served in cups,
but rather in small handle -less
glasses), Turkishcoffee is today
a 'd'istant memory, the drink now
served. under this name being:an
jrnitation.n_ w-hich_therpropoxtiori_
of -real coffe is .only very small:
I' find that the drink is eighty ;
percent coffee grains but the
thick sweet liquid is,` according
to something I read, supposed
• feel. high. All this, as you•'can
imagine, gives the.landscape.
an etherearl: and unearthly
'quality.' It was here that.
the 'first Cl fistian hermits lived LL
in religious 'communities from.
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Restaurants serve ordinary
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�tadea
srnall. places we' have rime privilege
of walking into the\kitchen and
choosing the ,meat' course from- . •
one.of the various pots steaming
READRS,WRITE...
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Bay -field -Rd ..
Goderich, Ont.
• January 15, 1970.. -
Dear, Sir , •
Enjoy reading all the local and
or► the stove.,Along the coast, rural news iny .our paper and -it
Wipe. a__ alliatixe for a' h e`r � fi h exc llent : There are pa p
pyp • is• very interesting to. read about
acid stomach. I_cannot testify v elgetables and. fruits'in abundancc
all the friends who liveina
-iiot bad for a country which has s
distance, ,and have not heard
very few. ideally -suited ; , from for sometime, also friends.
.agricultural regions, , who are visiting/in the _aka ane!`•
far. lands, '
It would'be interesting to have.
an Anniversary'Celebr'ation again.
even. if It details mountains of .
work to organize
Best of success `.to your, paper
for 1970.
• i9• INVITATIONS
_.-:4t_A-N•N O U -NC E ME N TS-
'i INFORMALS
ACCESSORIES
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Janet. Finlayson.
February 1, 1970..
:Am rather slow getting'this
letter mailed and have left it:tc
the last place which does not
have 'air mail service.
_If we_.,..hav:e ever had some •
exciting mon-tents it was in the
last two days crossing the
Eastern part of the Anatolian
Plateau. We experienced some
difficulty,
getting overthe
mountain: passes.. Visibility
was excellent but the ,small
mountain roads were snow
oVered`a`n-d shpNery.,. 1'nfortun
ately th•e snow chains' should
have been 'put on the tires
earlier (there is some difficulty
• ttThig things to [1te driver
who is.Dutch utch and knows only a
little.. English) and as a result ,
we sat for two hours in the
darkness literally hanging over.
a cliff waitin for the chains to
be put on, Atter that, we still
'had to cross another t3,000, ft,
;pass.' Today isgbright a'nd sunny
and we are minutes from the" •
border irnto'lran; however, ifor
.sorne t;►iknciwri reason'the
officials have taken the morning
off and we•are waiting; for a
few hours .
. Hope• you find Some of this,
narrativ,'e coherent!'
' Janet„
Thank you,
(Miss) Myrtle May Johnstone..
-rt Bay, B ; C .
ianuarAley6, 1970;
Dear. Don
'.
• Please renew; my Sentinel sdb '..
scription for 197u
I still enjoy the hometown
paper;, and of coursealways look ' '
for familiar names and faces
.Glad to know the arena is func -
tionrng again,
There is .nothing here in the
line of winter sports,. and the:
.children: miss so much. Our little
gal was s6. delighted yesterday •
e-taadu-�£ir-spow fa 11
she rushed' right out to`bttild a
snowman. Of course it melted'
instantly,'' without eveti turllift4
the ground white, tiieri turned to
rain,. We''v'e.had-a'very mild
winter; my roses, geraniunms"
alyssum:still blooming, when
.not drdwned. Nice for'th,e acltilt '
Hest Wisher for,Aru
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Sincere regards,
Edna (lleid'). Grcba