Soon after the first lady went inside to fetch our tea this one came out to get a closer look. She was a happy, energetic woman with tons of personality & a little round body to match her little round face. Many Turkish women (especially the traditional ones) are leery of us, but not her. She came bounding out of her house with a big smile on her face & instantly started chatting us up. Luckily Serkan was with us to translate. She told us about how much of her family now lived in France, including her son, who had recently divorced his French wife. I think she wanted us to know that she was worldly, even if it was vicariously. She apparently took quiet a shine to me, because she kept patting me on the back & face. She even said she wished she had another son, so that I could marry him. You just have to love these people... they are amazingly genuine.
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