things we shared or I shared with them as a Turkish.
Well, the first meeting was all about introducing ourselves and our countries briefly. I prepared a short presentation on who I am, where I come from, and Turkey 101 (flag, currency, official language, climate, people etc.). I needed to have a text to be able to make sounds in Spanish :P although we're just supposed to talk haha But it was fun. Both the process of preparing materials -mostly photos- and presenting it to lovely people.
Jose Luis brought along a dessert (I forgot the name) and Helena made us tea
Also we had Serbia, Italia and USA presentations on that day. Unfortunately it was the only meeting Antonella attended, she went back to Italy later. Although we never could truly communicate with her as she couldn't speak English, I liked her very much. She used her Italianish Spanish on others very effectively though :)
in Toledo with Antonella
(very loudly)
Antonella! Se stai leggendo questo voglio solo dire "Non cambiare mai. Tu sei unica!" (it's google translate's fault)
(very loudly)
The second one "Gastronomica"
Time to go in the kitchen!
I had a few things to cook in my mind but lack of some key ingredients (like tomato for a tomato soup) forced me to make a kind of dessert (helva in Turkish) which I never tried to prepare before. Sounds risky! But I first asked my mom "Do you think I can make irmik helvası?" After she said "Yes, you can!" nothing could hold me back. And it was really easy. You just have to stir the mixture like for an hour:(
I proudly sent this photo to my mom. Maybe not a big deal but I'm not Martha Stewart myself. At all! haha
Anyway it turned out good for a first try. And I wrote the recipe in case someone might be interested in trying it himself/herself. But I think no one was really into it :D It was not too sweet (unlike polvorón or mazapán or roscón). I find spanish people very very fond of sugary things. Maybe I was being a little bit selfish by adding less sugar on purpose :P
Last but not least, I made turkish coffee for like 10 people on a small portable electric cooker. Believe me it was not easy! :D It took so much time. The coffee pot could get just 4 or 5 cups of coffee at once so I had to serve first ones before they got cold and go back to prepare the rest while they were waiting for me:D Unfortunately none of them was foamy or tasty. To be honest worst turkish coffee that I've ever tasted and made!
this is not how it's done but they liked the idea of coffee fortune-telling:)
But did we have fun? Yes, totally!
The third one "Navidad"
I mentioned this one in one of my previous posts but it's worth talking about again. All I can say is: desserts!
I ate turrón for the first time thanks to Charo and as we don't have a special Christmas dessert Milos and I decided to make a ready-in-5mins cake:D Maybe it took us even less! A cake, chocolate pudding and milk! It was tasty and a little bit bad looking:P
The fourth one "Películas"
Lately I've been criticized for my taste in films :P But I can proudly say that I like old movies!
So of course I picked an old Turkish drama called "Canım Kardeşim" for this meeting. This film never fails to make me cry. I don't have to see it. I can cry even when I think about that famous touching scene where the main character dies of cancer while his brother is about to make his one and only dream (a television) come true. After giving information about the film, I made them watch this scene but no one cried! What's wrong with you people!? haha At least the very very sad music should've brought some tears. But no! The only teary-eyed was me:)
this cute kid dies:(
The fifth one "Bodas"
This is the last one we had! Well, it was very fun. There were so many things to tell about a traditional Turkish wedding but as I had henna at home and Helena had some accessories from the youth exchange they had with Turkey before, we had a "henna night" instead.
First we watched a video to see what this henna night is like and then applied henna ourselves. Well, just Amber and me. The others didn't want to -_-
Amber looking good in a Turkish way :)
Well, normally the bride is supposed to cry to an old Turkish song called "Yüksek Yüksek Tepelere" at this henna night. But no one cried. Again! :P Ours was a happy one:) At the end we danced to a Moroccan song in our own way.
I want to say that I really enjoy sharing the things I love with others even though they can't understand it the way it is or share the same feelings. We all just deserve to know something beautiful is happening somewhere around the world. It is happening.
This post is definitely...
To be continued
a Turkish one, of course!
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