Lunch with a View

Today we had lunch with the university girls. One of our sweet friends is going back home to the east for the summer. We will miss her, but she wanted to host us at her house before she left. She made a famous Bulgar dish for her first time for us! I love these girls. They are absolutely precious. They did an English play for their class yesterday and Katie and I read their play. It was great, but it was a bit funny, too. I kept trying not to laugh as i wondered, 'Are these the types of things we say to our Turkish teacher? And is she constantly having to hold back laughter at our very best efforts?'...The play was great and so is their English. With them, we usually get a mixture of 'Engilizce'...which is something of a mixture of 'Turkce' and 'Engilizce'.

They're all three very different. One is Turkish, one is Kurdish, and one is Arabic. We always learn lots of different things about their culture and religion. As i was leaving today, the grandmother gave me some homemade jam. Just like a good grandmother...made me think of mine. My mom reads my e-mails to them and tells them it's like a telegraph to them. The Internet is a bit beyond them, but If I had friends over, it would be just like my grandmother to send them home with a homemade treat or piece of candy...which I did go home with several of, also.

Thought you might enjoy the view of one part of my city. Adana is absolutely huge, so this is only a little piece of the newer part by our lake. But, it's beautiful.

And, just for fun...today as i was coming in from the visit, two of the little boys in our apartment building were greeting me and I'm not sure what I heard. They either said, 'hello kanki' (kon-kee) (which I'm pretty sure means like: buddy or friend in Turkish) or they might have said, 'hello donkey'...I'm not sure. I either got a 'hey buddy' which I smiled in response to, or I got a 'hello donkey' in which i also smiled in response to. You just never know...you just have to smile. And i do.