Just to set the record straight about my adopted hometown, Turgutreis (above): its "warren of narrow stone streets" is actually paved with concrete blocks, and the real "old town center" is a village several kilometers up the road.

It was actually paved with bricks, something Tarma didn't ever remember seeing before, and had a channel down the middle and a gutter on either side for garbage and animal droppings.

Most of Montara's streets were dirt or gravel until the early 1990s; the rustic quality of the town has not been lost since the streets were oiled or paved (only some of the streets are actually paved).

Funny how Croom, in playing a valid hero's role, had actually paved the way for the escape of certain mobbies, including the leader of the motley horde.

It maintains the usual surroundings of woodlands and farms interrupted by local streets, some of which are actually paved.

Parica had blazed the trail, and had actually paved the way with gold by gaining respect from the Filipino players.

So there was precious little flying that went on at the Derry base, in spite of its three runways (one of which was actually paved).

A high Communist official argued to me that General Jaruzelski had actually paved the way for Mr. Gorbachev by imposing martial law in 1981.

Some, though, would wind up in Junktown when they found the streets of Mallorysport were not actually paved with sunstones.

Only one carriageway was actually paved.