We had a delightful Sunday yesterday. We spent part of the day on a long walk to Kent Park which is beautiful. (Sorry, we forgot the camera) The trees and flowers are beautiful but they also have a man made beach for swimming. The weather has turned a little cooler so no one was swimming but I can imagine it’s very busy on a hot summer day. Then we had a very warm welcome from one of our fellow teachers, Ayse, and her husband who invited us to their home for baklava and another delicious dessert and Turkish tea. They have only been married for a little over a month so we were honored to see there wedding CD’s and pictures. Instead of a rehearsal dinner they have a 4-5 hour dance in the evening attended by just the women. The men are off doing their own thing. Ayse had a beautiful white wedding gown and a 400 person dinner on their wedding day. Guests who want to give gold or money but typically not presents. They don’t have a registry for wedding gifts in Turkey.
They also have a beautiful apartment right in city center that is on the second floor of a very long time family home. (I can’t remember how many generations but it’s been a long time). It had been modernized and was beautifully decorated. We were quite impressed. Her parents live downstairs part of the time but they have a farm about 20 miles away now that they are retired. In addition they kindly walked over to our house and helped install our wireless. We had a modem hook up but the directions for wireless were in Turkish and even Jerry was confused by them!!
They also have a car and took us to an all purpose store to do a little shopping. (Jerry is becoming quite the handyman around the apartment.) We ended the evening by going to bar street, yes it really is bar street, for a drink and discussion mostly about her husband’s CPA business. (Unfortunately, I failed how to ask how to spell his name so I’ll ask soon and add Ayse’s husband’s name to a future blog. All in all, a very very nice day.
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