April 19, 2011
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Turkish Festival
I had a big weekend, Gaga on Friday, work and friends on Saturday and Turkish Festival on Sunday
Someone from my Turkish class found out about this, so we decided to organize a class trip.
First food, Sigara böreği (Cigar Borek)
Then on to Döner (Turkish Gyro). I asked for no onions in Turkish
LOVE the patterns on the plates
There were a couple stands of artists from Turkey demonstrating Ebru painting or Marbling.
Basically, the artist drops oil paint in a tray of water, makes a design and then floats a paper on it. When the paper is lifted out of the water, the design is transferred.
This is the painting the man did for me! Oil on a very artistic rendering of my name. Love it!
They also had these beautiful Ebru scarves. I bought one!
My Turkish teacher, buying some food.
There were all sorts of dance and and singing shows too. I loved these little kids. They stole the show.
Afterwards, one of our fellow classmate's family owns a Turkish restaurant in town-- so we went.I tried Lahmacun, kind of like a Turkish pizza. Very tasty.
I also tried Ayran, a salty yogurt drink. It did not go down as well as the lahmacun.
Friends' food: Iskender
lamb shish
When I dropped my teacher off at her place, she invited me up for Turkish coffee. How could I resist.
Then she read my fortune in the upturned coffee grounds in the bottom of the cup.
Apparently I should be expecting some good news! Let's hope!
Me, modeling my Ebru scarf.
Comments (6)
1,000 e-props! That's it. I'm going to Turkey sometime this year.
I've had the yogurt drink too. Tasted like liquid cheese to me, and not good cheese. The rest of the food looked delicious!
I want a Turkish tea set. You'll be invited over for a cup of tea.
I'll keep you posted on any other Turkish novels I hear about.
@Saferia - Yeah! The more I learn about Turkey the more I like it. Tomorrow is the last class of my first year of study. I'm so sad that it is over already, though I will pick back up with LiveMocha and review over the summer so I don't forget EVERYthing. Sigh.... I wonder when I will get to go to Turkey?? There is too much travel coming up in my future to fit it in anytime in 2011.... we'll see.....
@justgotspaid - Oh! There was just a groupon (like 2 days ago) for Livemocha. I hadn't heard of the website before. Erg... Let me go see if I can find it. Is it better than Rosetta Stone?
http://www.groupon.com/sacramento/deals/livemocha-sacramento-1
It expired... But maybe it's available in another city? Sometimes the major cities have the same online deals.
@Saferia - hhhm... I've been using it for free?? Maybe you have to pay if you want 0ne-on-one instruction or something
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