Marvelous fruit

P1050058Pomegranates growing in the courtyard at Hotel Yaka in Kizkalesi.P1040976We got watermelon with breakfast most days--peaches, sweet melon, grapes, and/or figs, too, if we were really lucky.P1040262We were tempted to raid this truck...P1040357...and somebody did, promptly disposing of the evidence.P1040645Figs for lunch! (On the beach at Iztuzu, near Dalyan, on the Mediterranean.)P1050426If you are in Istanbul at the right time of year (i.e., now), look for this guy on the main drag just south of the Blue Mosque. His pomegranate juice is only 5 Turkish lira (about $3; other vendors were charging twice that). Pure pomegranate juice is so intensely delicious it makes your tastebuds explode.

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