Edirne und die türkische Währung
Ich hatte es bereits angekündigt, dass Edirne auf unserem Reiseplan steht während des jährlichen Burgas Urlaubs. Edirne kenn ich noch als Adrianopel aus meinen Karl May Büchern - schön endlich mal Stätten der Literaturgeschichte besuchen zu können :-). Das Städtchen liegt in der westlichen Türkei, besser gesagt im bulgarisch-griechisch-türkischen Dreiländereck, in Ostthrakien. 150.000 Einwohner zählt die Stadt und gehört zum europäischen Teil der Türkei. Es war für mein Frauchen ein Paradies, da alle bulgarisch sprechen und der Verfall der türkischen Lira tatsächlich immens Investitionsmöglichkeit bietet was Süssigkeiten, Klamotten und andere strategisch wichtige Dinge anbelangt. Und sie hat zugeschlagen - für 100€ gut gegessen und 32 Tüten voller Kram erstanden.
Trip to Edirne
I mentioned already that Edirne - historically known as Adrianople, a city in the northwest of Turkey is on our travel list during our stay in Burgas. The city has a lot history and was founded by the Roman emperor Hadrian on the site of a previous Thracian settlement named Uskudama. One of the first facts I learned from my wife about Burgas and Edirne is the joined Thracian heritage. Nowadays Edirne is part of Turkey but very close to the borders of Greece and Bulgaria.
Interestingly almost every citizen in Edirne speaks Bulgarian which makes it easier to trade and negotiate on the bazar areas - my wife is an expert in haggling. She does not like Crypto but Bazar business is what she loves.
Edirne used to be the capital of the Ottoman Empire in the 14th century before Constantinople Istanbul) became the empire's final capital. The photos I present in this post are not top high quality I am afraid - wifey did them with her own camera and she thinks she is much better than myself - maybe she is correct.
Turkish Lira situation
I was asked by @simi to give an overview / feedback if we recognised the downfall of the Turkish currency during the trip. Having been in Turkey very very often in the past as tourist I was really surprised. The Lira crash was absolutely present everywhere. My wife had a budget of €100 to buy clothes, sweets, toys and other stuff I am not interested.
She returned with 32 bags and I think one can say the local currency has problems. Not going into details why as this should not be a political or economic post. Bulgaria is still very cheap compared to Western Europe especially when you go out for lunch or drinks (shopping and prices for vegetables or milk increased heavily there since they are part of the EU) - Turkey usually way more expensive - has changed.
Guess the price
What do you think this plate did cost with 3 drinks?
Ja, der konkurriert gerade mit dem STEEM, wer am schnellsten fällt. ;-)
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Da sind aber auch noch weitere Kandidaten aus dem Cryptolager vorne mit dabei @jaki01 - wohin uns das nur führt gerade, es bleibt spannend
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Beautiful travel and lira report.
Have a nice holiday.
Resteemed.
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Ganz lieben Dank - You Rock!
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Als Tourist freud mich das schonmal zu hören das man mehr für sein Geld bekommt als sonst. Werde im Oktober nach Istanbul fliegen.
Aber ich hoffe dennoch sehr das sich der Lira bald wieder stabilisiert weil sonst herrschen dann in der Türkei bald Zustände wie in Venezuela wo dann selbst die Mittelschicht fast ums Überleben kämpfen muss.
Wenn man dem Vice Reporter glauben möchte eines Artikels so konnte er in Venezuela mit 100 USD wie ein König leben.
https://www.google.ch/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/de/article/mv4n8n/wie-ich-mit-100-euro-in-venezuela-einen-monat-lang-wie-ein-koenig-gelebt-habe-462
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Das ist wahr, aber sind auch bisserl selbst schuld bzw el Presidente :-) - aber da kann die Bevölkerung mir bedingt was tun
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Lets say about 25 Lira? It's really cheap right now here in Turkey, if you come here with Dollars or Euros. I'm curious to see the developpement in the next years.
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Nette Bilder @uwelang
So ein Schokokuchen wäre jetzt genau das richtige :-D
Vom Umrechnungsfaktor Lira zu Euro habe ich absolut keinen Plan, auch nicht von den Preisgegebenheiten dort. Ich rate jetzt einfach ganz grob in den Raum hinein: 4,00 €
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1 Lira kost aktuell 0.13€
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Dann korrigiere ich meine Schätzung nach unten auf umgerechnet 1,50 € - 2,00 €. :-)
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Bisserl mehr schon, waren umgerechnet circa €4.20
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Da war mein erster Tip ja ziemlich nah dran.
Es ist eigentlich echt traurig, was eine Regierung bzw. die Geldinstitute mit dem hart verdienten Geld der Bevölkerung machen kann.
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Ich hätte spontan 3,50 Euro gesagt.
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liegt nicht weit daneben, besser über 4€
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Wie trägt frau 32 (!) Beutel und Taschen voller Einkauf? Klingt nach extremer Schlepperei.
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Meine Frau kann für Klamotten auch 50 tragen lol
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Wow, try "ciger" next time. That's a gem of Edirne. Let me know before you visit Turkey, again.)
Regarding devaluation of TRY, that's unbelievable. My Europe trips took a huge cut. :) I hope we won't be like Venezuela.
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Thanks for the Ciger tip, will try for sure. Where are you based in the country?
I doubt it crashes as hard as in Venezuela but who knows, now you also see cryptos decline 🤣
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I live at Istanbul but I have tips almost for the all country. :)
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I bet you have - been only in the usual areas Alanya, Antalya, Izmir, Istanbul and forgot the others
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You are good for your travel program. Similarly, keep on describing the history of your books. Tasty food
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you went to Edirne and didn't eat "Ciğer" ?? :O
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Not that I am aware of lol - we had only 7.5 hours
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if you'll have a chance to visit there again let me know! :P
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Looks tasty and I certainly will let you know when I visit again.
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2 euro
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This city seems really beautiful I like it !
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The photos turned out to be pretty good. You wife found some good shooting angles. As far as you could tell, have the prices in Lira increased following the drop of the currency? Obviuosly not so much, if you could get so many bags and et for 100 Euros.
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Thanks mate - Lira decreased vs. € so instead of 250 Lira for 100€ last year we got around 700 Lira - nice increase for a tourist, not very good for the Turkish citizens of course.
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wow beautiful place.
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Nice place. The food is looking so yammy and tasty also. I hope you enjoyed a lot.
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Hopefully you will enjoy this travel in Endire...
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I saw a lot from your post. Have a lot of nice posts.
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