July 14th ~ Thursday

I worked today on preparing the lesson plan for the Duden English Club which is next week. It is all coming together we know what we are going to teach, the schedule (have to stay loose though), half of the homework…

I then had dinner at the Bultamas and headed over to a lecture with Meg and Tyler. We had an enjoyable walk and tried to figure out the names of the different places of business. I don’t think we were anywhere close :-)

We made it to the lecture and learned about Paul and his first journey and the rich history of Turkey.

After the lecture, us four ladies and Meg and Tyler decided it was time to try Turkish Ice Cream. There are actually multiple types of ice cream here. (Warning we are about to go down a bunny trail) There are the individual things of ice cream you can buy at all the Bakkal’s (corner store) then the larger tubs of ice cream and then the REAL Turkish ice cream that you buy from a vendor on the street. The individual ice cream taste just like any individual ice cream you can purchase in America. The tubs of ice cream are similar to tub ice cream in the States but it has a unique after taste that is similar to the cheese here. So I am guessing it is made with goat milk instead of cow milk, it is good. Now we had been told that the Turkish ice cream was really gummy and not very good. But we all wanted to try for ourselves. First, it was a whole adventure to get the ice cream because the man that was selling it has a whole routine that he went through (all of them do). They use long metal rods to stir the ice cream and to dish it up. But he would act like he was giving it and then flip it, drop it, take it away… it was a lot of fun. The ice cream was a bit gummy or stinging but that just made it even more fun to eat because you could sculpt it. It also tasted good. (Okay bunny trail over)