Gaining Weights

We have been looking for a gym in Istanbul. Peter really enjoyed going to the gym in Wuxi, China - he was probably one of their most regular clients. But the only one we have found (a fellow teacher, a Turkish lady, goes there) is small and very expensive compared to what we are used to. It costs a lot of money and then you are only allowed to go a couple of days a week. To go more often you must spend even more money.

Peter had decided he might have to buy his own weights. But - we couldn't find a sports shop locally, only shops that sell sports shoes.

So the other day he headed out the door to buy our daily fish ...

And came home with a set of weights.

They were just lying beside the road outside the shoe shop. Peter popped inside the shop to ask the question - " ....er... ?" a noise, raised eyebrows and a gesture towards the weights. They said 100, he said 50, and the deal was closed at 80 - still much cheaper than the gym.

Of course they have taken up residence in our "spare room" which is in fact the "sewing room" not (as Peter is suggesting) the "weights room"!