A Winter's Tale

To fight against Rna virus, to beat influenza we have created this fruit plate with love. Easy and fun to do at home on your own as well. For those of you who have the flu, we wish you get well soon.

Welcome 2014!

If we want to make a happy new year, we got to work a lot.

Are they black olives or green olives?

• All olives start as green olives, as they ripe they become black.
• Olive collecting is traced as early as the 8th millenium BC.
• Scientific researches mark the land of olives as Asia Minor, and the land between Turkey and Syria.
• Treat them with respect, they are old; average life span is 300-400 years.
• The oldest registered olive tree in Turkey is 1650 years old for now.
• Harvesting of olives begin in November and last until March.
• Raw/fresh olives from the trees are too bitter to be eaten.
• Brining, water curing, dry curing are among the most common methods to make them palatable.
• so the olives you have in assosalarga in summer are products of the passed winter and these below will be ready in about 10 days and will still be great to eat until the next harvest in 2014.
• Like all over the Mediterranean land, also Assos is covered with olive trees, the nearest olive tree to us, is in our garden! 
  

Bayram and National Holidays in Turkey 2014

We have two feasts (bayram) in Turkey, if you are planning a visit to Turkey please check the national holidays online and book ahead, otherwise you may have hard times looking for a place to stay in small villages like Behramkale, Assos.

Roughly here is 2014, at a glance... Please re-check other sites closer to your departure...

• Wednesday          Jan 1           New Year's Day      
• Wednesday          Apr 23        National Sovereignty and Children's Day                
• Thursday              May 1         Labor and Solidarity Day    
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• Monday               May 19      Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day   
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• Sunday                Jul 27          Ramadan Feast     Monday              Jul 28         Ramadan Feast
• Tuesday              Jul 29          Ramadan Feast      Wednesday         Jul 30        Ramadan Feast   

• Saturday              Aug 30       Victory Day                      
• Half Day Friday     Oct 3     Sacrifice Feast 
• Saturday                Oct 4     Sacrifice Feast            
• Sunday                  Oct 5     Sacrifice Feast            
• Tuesday                Oct 6     Sacrifice Feast          
• Wednesday           Oct 7     Sacrifice Feast       
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• Wednesday          Oct   29   Republic Day                

Honeymoon in Assos, assosalarga, Turkey