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[tillymd]

Dear Eclectic,

Are you having a good summer? The message board is more interesting with your whimsical comments, I hope you plan to interject every once in a while.

I think Turkey is a no-brainer. You can show up, as long as you have some start up cash to buy a plane ticket and pay rent for a month, and find a job fairly easily. I still think you need to stay somewhere at least a year to " get going." I don't think this is the place to go for a short visit. Correct me if I'm wrong other posters.

From what I've read, you cannot save any money teaching, who cares about making tons of money anyway, it's over-rated. Why not have a cultural experience.

The visa is still a gray area, sounds like it takes a while to get a work visa from the schools. Working on a residence visa also sounds like a hassle. I've already done the work illegally thing in Korea and really don't want to do it again.

Thanks, Tillymd

[eclectic]

Tilly, M.D.-- are you a medic of sorts?

Thx 4 the props. I dig your quips and snizzlies, 2. Esp. when a High 'n Mighty Pompous Condescender tries to abuse a newbie or even an oldbie.

Im in Korea legally. The people are quite the narrow-minded provincial xenophobic type, as I have cooked Indian food for the office several times and they just take a tiny eentsy weentsy lil' nibble and say its too hot and spicey.

As well as Italian food, Greek food, Mexican food and even Chinese food! (that one really is puzzling, isnt it now? as they really seem quite similar races to me, and Im not being racist here, but come on, Korean/Chinese/Japanese, its like French/Dutch/German---are they really all THAT different? How can a Korean DESPISE AND DETEST Chinese food? Its utter nonsense.)

Hope Ive been entertaining.

Cant wait to get the hell out of this Plastic Land of Plastic Surgery and Kimchi.

So Turkiye is not a money-saving place, then? How about even saving $500/month on a $1,100/mo. salary? Seems somewhat doable 2 me, but WTF do I know? Zippo, zilch, nil, null, naught, etc.

[spiral78]

its like French/Dutch/German---are they really all THAT different?

If you're discussing food - WORLDS of difference between French and the other two, trust me

Many other significant differences as well, I can assure you.

[eclectic]

you are quite right that wiener schnitzel, rotterdam schnitzel, and dijon schnitzel are all quite different; i lived 9 month sin germany, 3 months in france, and 2 days in holland, so it is true what you say. Yet I found the breads all quite similar, the jams and cheeses quie similar, as german Butterkase is nearly indistingushable from dutch Gouda or french Port Salut cheese; and Heineken, Konig pilsener, and various French brews are all quite the same tasting as well. Finally, while wandering the markets in Belgium, one would be hard-pressed to distinguish between a Belgian man, a French man, a Dutch man and a German man. Same applies to the women of those places.

It is still quite the oddity for me, a New Jersey Italian-American who LOVES AND SO DO MY MILLIONS OF YANKEE FRIENDS of non-Asian background Chinese food to no end, and to hear EVERY SINGLE KOREAN PERSON in this place I live here in S>K> say they absolutely DESPISE chinese food! What an oddity for me!

Hey Spiral78, you know I am just having some fun. But even a grain of truth is enough to get me to type controversial, non-politically-correct stuff. Just cant kick the habit sometimes!

Hey Tilly, whaddaya say to this one?

Spiral78, what say you about the non-savings possibility in Turkiye? I was hoping to save $500 US/month on a $1,100/mo. salary.

[tillymd]

Eclectic,

I know this topic/post has absolutely nothing to do with Turkey, I�ll try to make it brief, and include at least some Turkish reference. Having never been to France or Germany I cannot comment on the cuisine. I am sure the schnitzel is schnizalicious in all 3 countries. These countries have generally been out of my budget, I tend to lurk in more affordable places.

I am familiar with Japanese and Korean food, and have developed a taste for both. When I lived in Seoul, I ate mostly Korean food with ishiyaki bebimbop at the top of my list. My friend Yayoi would argue until she is blue in the face that Japanese ramen is superior to Chinese ramen, and I have spent many a night debating this very point. I was still a vegetarian when I traveled in China, so I ate mostly rice and an unknown garlic flavored green.

In my opinion, Japanese and Korean girls look a like, except Korean girls wear more makeup and have better teeth. I�m sure they say the same thing about Americans, Aussies, and Brits.

I don�t remember hearing my Korean students mention a dislike for Chinese food, some of the older folks were not very fond of anything from Japan. Any guy regardless of nationality would like the Japanese soap land, or so I�ve heard.

On that note, I think I�ll drink a cup of Turkish coffee.

Thanks, Tillymd

[eclectic]

Tilly, turn that heavy sludge-filled cup upside down and read your future. Or so my Armenian gramma used to say!

well I can tell usually the diff tween MOD EDIT Koreans, and Chinese, but the general noodles/sauces/rice/soy/and so on to me are just about as different as Swiss food and German food are, which isnt much IMO.

Japanese teeth are poor? I actually never came up to a Japanese so close. Korean girls are all about plastic surgery, being skinny, etc.... I hate it.

Lets go to Turkey. Do you think we can save $500 US/month?

[eclectic]

IS $500 US A MONTH SAVINGS DOABLE, OR IS IT HASHISH-INDUCED?