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Real Name: Tzina
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Local Customs: Salep drink, a drink for winter
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  • Salep is a delicious and nourishing hot drink, made with milk and salep powder. Salep is made from the powdered root of several species of wild orchid. It is known that it increases resistance against the colds and coughs of winter. It is a traditional drink for turks for many centuries. In some roads in Istanbul some people with local traditional clothes they serve this.

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    Comments for Aggeliki about Istanbul
    neodue Fri Mar 28, 2008 07:23 UTC
     Tzina,hi again, We are planning to visit Greece on September.Me and my wife and my Daugther. do you recommend Filia Express?or shall I bring my own car to greece?
    Yiannis2000 Sun Dec 23, 2007 17:16 UTC
     Nice page, MERRY XMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
    coast2coast Sun Dec 16, 2007 06:39 UTC
     Good information and recommendations. Some excellent photos too. Hoping to get to Istanbul in '08.
    Narunj Fri Jun 29, 2007 05:29 UTC
     Good day! Great pages! They brought me back my memories from Istanbul! I enjoyed staying there last summer... Hope to visit you country soon too!
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