Another day during the break, Eliza and I went to visit Kadem’s family one afternoon for lunch and to spend time with them. I was excited to finally get to meet her husband, Mustafa. They grew up together in a small village in another part of Turkey and got married when they were 16 years old. The have two very sweet grown girls, Ezgi and Ebru. Ezgi lives in a province about 10 hours away on the Syrian border and she was home for the week for the Eid holiday, and Ebru lives at home with her family. Every time Ezgi comes to town, she comes to see our family, and Ebru comes to our house with Kadem once a week to help out and spend time with the kids. They are a very sweet family and we are very thankful for them!
This is Mustafa, Ebru with Eliza, and Ezgi.
Eliza loves the girls and quickly made herself at home, haha!
Kadem prepared a delicious lunch with some of my favorite Turkish dishes. She made mercimek corbasi (lentil soup), dolma (stuffed peppers with meat and tomato), and etli pide (similar to flatbread pizza with cooked meat and no cheese). Afterwards, we had ice cream and watermelon. As always, her cooking was delicious!
In Turkish culture, it is customary to sit and have tea following a meal. Eliza enjoyed giving all of us (too much) sugar. Mustafa and Ezgi do not speak any English. Kadem speaks good English and Ebru has been taking English classes and is learning quickly. We spoke in Turkish the entire time, and it was great practice for me. I was able to make some jokes in Turkish about things Eliza was doing, it was fun (and mentally tiring) to be able to talk to everyone!
Eliza loves Kadem and was very excited to see her today:)
2 comments:
That looked to be a fun time. We can tell that there were plenty of smiles and good times all around.
Love, Dad and Mom P.
Kadem has a beautiful family and we hope to meet them one day in Turkey - Love all the smiles. Very impressive Heather, you spoke inTurkish the entire visit, WOW.
Love and miss you all 5 xoxoxoxoxo
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