It was an ordinary day for a famous detective Mrs. Smart. Everything seemed quite peaceful and she was planning her journey to Hawaii for a holiday. After tiring weeks she thought 

she deserved a holiday, thinking of relaxing for a while. She was having coffee as usual and reading her favourite book. All of a sudden she heard the news on TV.

After hearing the news she went to the museum to find out the details.

Last night a precious necklace was stolen from the eTwinning museum. And the only clue left was a banana peel with a piece of paper writing some weird numbers.

Breaking news

She searched the museum and talked to the guard.

Where were you last night? Did you see antyhing strange?

No, everything was ordinary. I checked all the rooms, nothing was suspicious. I didn't notice any strange case.

We found a banana peel with a note written weird numbers on it. Here it is.

The policeman came and told her about the clues.

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She checked the note but couldn't understand and decided 

to go to her office to work on it.

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Şehit Doğan Sevinç Secondary School-Bursa/Turkey

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She worked on the note and decoded the message.

It is Turkey, the first woman pilot 

and her name was given to the airport 

Sabiha Gökçen Airport  in İstanbul.

The detective understood that it was a puzzle to solve , so she packed her suitcase for Turkey to investigate this case.

Mrs.Smart took her plane ticket and flew to Turkey, Sabiha Gökçen Airport.

At the airport, while she was sitting in a waiting room, a girl came  and gave her a piece of candied chestnut and a tile with a note  sticked at the back. 

It is very delicious! I am in ... now. This city is famous for its candied chestnuts and also its tiles. Let's play snowballs! :)

So Mrs Smart got out her smart phone and searched Google for chestnuts, tile, snow, mountain. The result was Bursa, Turkey, Ulu Mountain.

    chestnut, tile, snow,  mountain

Bursa, Turkey

Ulu Mountaino

Uludag or Ulu Mountain, which means the huge mountain. It is one of the most tourist attractions in Bursa city. The summit of Mount Uludag can be reached from Bursa by the cable car. It is the first cable car built in Turkey in 1963. Also, it can be reached by car through the distinctive forests of Bursa to the top of Mount Uludag. Visitors are passing through the People’s Park, which is part of Uludag Mountain. In addition to this, the park is a national park and a nature reserve.

Mrs. Smart solved the puzzle and went to Ulu Mountain. While she was lookig around , she saw a shiny thing above at the cable car. It was so bright that she couldn't take her eyes. She thought she found the thief and  went to get in the cable car. 

When she got in the cable car, there wasn't anyhthing but a banana peel with another note writing ;

I am really hungry. I am going to eat a famous traditional dish. It is a Turkish dish that consists of sliced döner kebab meat topped with hot tomato sauce over pieces of pita bread (sometimes croutons) and generously slathered with melted special sheep's milk butter and yogurt. You should also taste it! 

Yummy - yummy  :)

She searched for this famous traditional dish and 

found İskender Kebab.

İskender Kebab

That's why Mrs Smart went to  İskender Kebab restaurant to catch the thief there but she couldn't find anyone.S he was so hungry that she sat at the table and tasted this famous delicious dish. After eating  she asked for the bill to pay. The waiter brought the bill with a note next to it. And told her that this was sent by a customer who was sitting behind her. Mrs Smart took the note and started reading.

On that note it was written; "It is time to watch this funny play!" There was also a photo of two men wearing special clothes.

It is time to watch this funny play!

Karagoz & Hacivat is a Turkish shadow play taking its name from its main character Karagöz. The main characters in the play are Karagöz and Hacivat. Karagöz represents the morals and common sense of the nation. The Karagöz Museum, which was transformed into a museum by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality when it was a transformer building, undertook a new mission to bring the art of karagöz to the future with all its glitter.

Mrs Smart  searched for this play and found out that these are Karagöz and Hacivat and this is shadow puppet theatre. The place is Karagöz Museum.

It was a wonderful play and everybody laughed a lot. When the lights turned on, she realized a banana peel with another note.

It is an old village where there are many old historical houses dates back to Ottoman period.

She found out that this place is called Cumalıkızık and went there to find new clues.

Cumalıkızık is a village in the Yıldırım district of Bursa Province, located 10 kilometers east of the city of Bursa, at the foot of Mount Uludağ. Its history goes back to the Ottoman Empire's foundation period.The historical texture of the village has been well protected and the civilian countryside architectural structures of the early Ottoman period are still intact. Because of this, Cumalıkızık has become a popular but still unspoiled center for tourists.

Wandering around she liked the place al lot. While Mrs Smart was taking a photo of one of the houses she realized a shiny object.There it is she thought and went near the house.

She found a marble with a note on it. There were pictures of some objects. This clue was easy. Mrs. Smart knew that Bursa was famous for its Turkish baths. As soon as she read it, she went to Hammam.

Hammam, also called Turkish Bath, is a traditional bath culture dating back to Ottoman Empire. It was a very important ritual that represents the cleanness, relaxation, purification and social sharing during the era. Just as she was checking kurna, she found another note.

It was a little wet and couldn't seen clearly. It was written;

Bursa view is great from here! 

It is time to meet under this tower!

The clock tower at Tophane proudly stands in Bursa's old citadel near the tombs of Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi. The tower prominently looks out over the city from the edge of the cliff just inside the ruined city walls.  At night, the brightly lit clock tower shines as a beacon in Bursa’s city center. 

After writing on the Internet, Mrs Smart found out that this place is Tophane Clock Tower.

The scenery was great! There were also tombs of Ottomon emperors there. While Mrs Smart was loking around to meet the thief suddenly a piece of paper fell down from the sky.

Bye! :)

Let's meet at ... !

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Mrs. Smart was confused with the note but decoding the message she understood that her next stop is ...

....next stop is Romania

ȘCOALA GIMNAZIALĂ HĂRĂU, ROMÂNIA

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The detective arrived in Romania. She stayed at the boarding house from Banpotoc (Hărău). At breakfast, she tasted a lot of traditional Romanian dishes. A delicious slice of sweet bread reminded her of the banana peel. What is the mystery surrounding the banana peel? Mrs. Smart was waiting for a clue.

      The next day, Mrs.  Smart visited the area. A wonderful place is Zoe's Garden. The place is a work of art by a talented gardener. She talked to the locals and found out valuable information. The dendrological park at Simeria has a valuable collection of exotic trees. Mrs. Smart decided to visit the place in the hope of finding a banana tree.

Zoe's Garden, Romania

sursa:Exploring Romania

The dendrological park at Simeria 

sursa: DescoperimRomania.ro

She searched the park carefully but found nothing. She returned to the boarding house. At the reception, he received a note that read: Deva Fortress. Mrs. Smart inquired about this. She learned many interesting things. The Deva Fortress is mentioned in documents from 1269. Today its ruins are visible from a distance. Deva Fortress was built on a volcanic cone of the Poiana Rusca Mountains, at a height of 378 m. The ruins of the fortress are located on the outskirts of Deva. These have become an attraction for many tourists. Mrs. Smart has arrived in Deva. She went up to the Fortress. She did some research but  found nothing. 

She went down to the foot of the fortress. There, she was drawn to a lot of stalls with handicrafts. She was amazed at their beauty. She appreciated the work of folk craftsmen. She bought a traditional Romanian blouse. Than, she visited the Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization at the foot of the fortress.  The museum keeps archeological vestiges, historical and numismatic documents, objects of ethnography and natural sciences discovered on the territory of Hunedoara county.

Mrs. Smart is back at the boarding house. At the reception, she received a new note full of mystery.

”Lucian Grigorescu” Secondary School, Medgidia, Romania

Hmmm! 

Mrs. Smart took the note and went to her room. At 6 o'clock he went down to the reception where he received an envelope with the words: see you tomorrow at noon. She opened it carefully and found an image on the back of which was written  Belle Epoque, Romania, 1910. 

She quickly opened the laptop and searched for information. She found out it was a historical monument, located on the shores of the Black Sea.

The Cazino is a symbol of the city         

              of Constanța. 

     It was built in the Art Nouveau style, according to Daniel Renard's plans, and inaugurated in August 1910.

   The next day, at 12:00, Mrs. Smart was in front of the Casino, where she lingered for about 15 minutes until her privileges were drawn to a shining object. As he approached, he noticed that it was a penny with a red-and-white string.

While picking him up, a passer-by told him that there was a trinket exhibition at the Museum of Folk Art. She asked for the address and headed to the indicated place.

    Here she found out that the trinket holiday is one of the most beautiful dates preserved among Romanians, a symbol of spring, bringing good luck and health. In ancient times, the trinket was represented only by a twisted two-tone string, to which in time was added a coin of a or silver. Women, girls, and children wore the trinket on their hands, on their chests, or on their necks. Even though over time, the traditional amulet has disappeared, the significance of wearing the trinket remains, as it is considered a symbol and a message.

Then Mrs. Smart found the trinket and one of the museum employees remembered that it had been bought a day ago by a tourist. She had heard him talk on the phone and say she was leaving the next day in Giurgiu.

Let’s meet at Giurgiu !

Gymnasial School "Academician Marin Voiculescu"

Romania

Mrs Smart went to the  train station in Deva and bought a ticket to Giurgiu . The journey was an exhausting one because it took almost 14 hours . But the views made it worth it ! Pristine medieval centers, shadowy hilltop castles and spectacular mountain landscapes! 

When she finally arrived in Giurgiu she found out that the station was opened in 1869 as part of the  earliest Bucharest-Giurgiu railway line in Romnaia.

On a bench on the platform there was a banana peel with the message :

 “ Go straight ahead to the centre of the town to find an old gazebo “.  

Arrived there , the detective found out that The Clock Tower has been guarding Giurgiu for more than two centuries.

 Built at the end of the Russian-Austro-Turkish War as a point of observation of the entrances to the fortified fortress, it was later used as a fireplace, due to the high frequency of fires at that time. With the liberation of Wallachia under Ottoman domination, the Tower became the emblem of Giurgiu, its image circulating all over Europe and the fame of the places to the four streets. The uniqueness and charm of this place around the Clock Tower consisted in ancient times, in the fact that the whole street network of the city radiated from this place.

Tired and hungry , the detective had a fish-based meal in the old port . She tasted fish eggs with toast , fish soup and a main dish made of pike fish .

From that restaurant she also saw the Friendship Bridge ,  a bilevel highway–railway bridge over the Danube, connecting the city to Ruse, in Bulgaria. The sunset on the Danube was breathtaking ! 

To move further the detective has to go to Bucharest because there is an airport to leave the country ! The next stop is ....

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OŠ"VLADIMIR NAZOR"

PISAROVINA, CROATIA

As soon as she arrived to Croatia , she began to look for some kind of a clue.

Suddenly a monkey with a note in his hand, passed her.The note fell in front of her.

Let's meet in the capital city, close to the church with an cout of arms on it's roof.

She did a reasurche and went to Zagreb, and visited St. Mark's church.

While she was waiting, she had some coffee and tried famous Croatian desert called "Kremšnita".It was so delicious!Than she saw a box under the table.It was a licitar heart,famous Croatian souvenier and there was a message on it.

There is a magic place with beautiful waterfalls - you will find your clue there!

This clue was so easy,everyone knows about these beautiful lakes!

The Plitvice Lakes National Park is the oldest and most famous national park. Tourists from around the world come to visit this place. Lakes are made up of 16 bigger and a lot of smaller turquoise water lakes. Lakes are connected by hundreds of waterfalls.

 „The Big Waterfall" is 78 meters high and it is the highest in Croatia. Ok, it's not very big, but it is really beautiful. If you visit Plitvice lakes, this is the spot for your selfie!

On one of the boards there was a message: See you on a place where the sea plays beautiful music!

She googled it and find out theat there is a place on the Croatian coast called Zadar and there are Sea Organs there.The "music" is created by 35 polyethylene pipes of different lengths and sizes embedded with labiums or whistles that play seven chords of five tones as the sea pushes air through them.

I am so hungry,I will try Soparnik - traditional Croatian dish -  savoury pie with a filling of Swiss chard.

There was a note saying she has to continue her search by a ferry.Your final Croatian clue is going to be in the "Pearl of the Adriatic",a place where The Game of Thrones were filmed.

She was so amazed by the city walls in Dubrovnik and also the main street Stradun.She saw the funny monkey again ,running around the city and she tried to catch him.

He was very quick and managed to escape and left only a banana with a note for our detective.

Mrs. Smart is back in the plane.

The note said : See you in  Istanbul

The plane landed in Istanbul Airport.Finally she came to Istanbul.And she found a note.

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Oh, I know! This place's
name is Dolmabahçe . Wait me Dolmabahçe.

She took the seatboat.
She was very hungry so she bought a fish and bread and she ate.

The Dolmabahce Palace is located on the west, European shore of the Bosphorus and is enormous. It has 248 rooms, 43 entrance halls, 6 Turkish baths and approximately 2.700 windows. 

She came there,and She read introductory booklet

It is divided into two sections: the official part – where the sultan would receive distinguished guests from all over the world and the Harem – where the Sultan’s wife, mother and concubines lived.

She saw the monkey in Atatürk's old room.The monkey put a note on the table to her.

Follow me, Mrs. Smart.....

Mrs.Smart   took the plane to Çanakkale,Türkiye as it is written in the note..She took a taxi and went to TROY museum to search the stolen necklace there.But she couldn't find and got tired. She wanted to have  a rest and eat Lakeerda in a restaurant.

Then the dedective wanted to eat cheese halva and try to think about stolen necklace.But she decided to take some souvenirs such as wooden troy horse .Then she found another note eritten ot the horse that continuedto search it another place  Mrs. Smart... 

In search of the stolen Necklace and following the note the thief had left,  Mrs Smart took the plane to Greece.As she was thirsty she enjoyed a glass of apple juice offered on board,but a note on the tray made her change plans, leave the airport in Athens and take the train to Volos, a port city in the east mainland.The message was clear:'Meet me in Volos Train Station'.

Arriving in the historic Railway Station of Volos, designed by Italian enginneer Evaristo De Chirico in 1884,found a clue under a banana peel next to her seat.It was the photo of an Ancient sheep with the name 'Argo' written on it.Today you can see a replica of the ship at the 

port of Volos reminding us of 

Jason and his expedition in 'Kolchis' 

to find the 'Golden Fleece'.

Reaching Jason's Historic Ship 'Argo' at the port of Volos,an envelope hanging on one of the oars had the following message inside:'Take the Pelion Steam Train up on the Pelion Mountain to find what you are looking for...and lots of delicious fruit I myself couldn't resist to taste...apples,cherries and 

berries..'

On top of the mountain the view to the city port was awesome, but the conductor of the steam train gave her a coded message..

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