Yarns and Friends / Yumaklar ve Arkadaslar

After leaving the temple, we met Chica and her daughter. Chica took us to Sanjo-dori. This is mainly a shopping street, full of old buildings in the western style. In one of these buildings there is a place of pilgrimage. Avril in Japan, Habu outside (exotic name sells well everywhere). This was the main feast of the day for me. Up until now I could see a few examples of this yarn in a few fairs, and heard a lot about it. They are produced in Kyoto. The shop recently moved to its new place on the 3rd floor and looks very spacious.  I was, no need to say, like a child in a candy store. From silk to pure wool, stainless steel to hand-dyed...they are all there in exquisite quality.

Cumartesi tapinaktan cikip Chica ve kiziyla bulustuk. Chica bizi Sanjo-dori'ye goturdu. Burasi, yuz yildan eski, bati etkisinde binalarin oldugu bir alisveris caddesi. Bu binalardan birinde orgu aleminde hac edilecek bir dukkan var. Japonya'da Avril, disarda Habu (egzotik isim her yerde onemli).  Iste benim icin gunun ziyafeti bu oldu. Hollanda'da sadece fuardan fuara birkac cesidini gorebildigim, ama hikayelerini bolca dinledigim bu ipler Kyoto'da uretiliyor. Yeni yerine, 3. kata tasinmis, 2. kattaki yeri daha kucuk gorundu gozume, cok iyi olmus. Sekerci dukkanina girmis cocuk gibi oldum. Ipekler mi saf yunler mi, paslanmaz celik ipler mi, elde boyanmisi mi, muazzam bir kalitede hepsi mevcut.

We dropped by the famous Inoda's to have some coffee. I had a Mont Blanc (because of my love for chestnut) and ice-coffee. To be honest, I wasn't too impressed. Japanese may do many things well, but patisserie or coffee are not one of those things (at least not in Kyoto). After watching hours of baking related anime, I expected more passion :-)

Ordan da meshur Inoda's Kafe'ye ugradik. Ben (kestane askimdan) bir Mont Blanc aldim, bir de buzlu kahve. Dogrusunu demek gerekirse de Japonlar pastahane veya kahve isini cok iyi kiviramiyorlar(en azindan Kyoto'da) Saatlerce pasta-borek animesi izledikten sonra buldugumdan daha cok azim beklerdim.

I wasn't too impressed, but Aika-chan was. She was super happy with her chocolate Nijntje-aka-Miffy. This girl can draw, and she drew very pretty pictures for us. Her English was much better than some of my teachers at school by the way.

Ben belki cok memnun kalmadim ama Aika-can cukulata tavsanina (Hollanda'da Nijntje, burda Miffy, Turkiye'de var mi bu ben bilmiyorum) pek sevindi. Cok guzel resim cizebiliyor, o da bize harika resimler yapti. Ingilizcesi de benim okuldaki hocalarin cogundan iyiydi.