Things we can laugh about now...

Here's our Top Ten+ List:


1. Ordering pizza with ham and expecting to get ham (chicken ham & beef ham but no ham ham)
2. Dad imagining that his Turkish would turn out better than his Spanish (many words, no sentences)
3. Mom thinking that somehow the boys could be home-schooled (we're not that family)
4. Dad bringing his golf clubs (there are no courses)
5. That we seriously considered bringing Diesel, our 80 lb. bulldog (not sure where to begin)
6. Long searches for salted butter (doesn't exist)
7. Rows of fishermen catching fish so small we thought they were bait
8. Mom suddenly getting in close touch with her American side
9. Thinking we might take weekends in Beirut, Cairo and Amman (as if there isn't enough to do in Turkey)
10. Starting conversations about politics with Turkish folks we only just met (not done)
11. The sheer joy of being able to read "Arabada bebek var" (Baby on Board)