Only in America!

We met a girl on the bus a few weeks ago. She speaks english very well and teaches english here. She invited us to her house for tea and dinner tonight. It was incredible food. The tea was actually good too. :) There were 3 ladies there. We had so much fun. They asked us about the things we missed from America and how things were different. Two of the ladies studied at universities and got their masters in the states, so knew about the culture differences. We brought brownies that we made without a box, and they commented on the fact that we are learning to do things different than in the states, like cooking from scratch. We some how started talking about the things they thought were unusual in America. They started saying "Only in America..." We talked about silly things like drive thru banks, cup holders in cars, rushing water in your bath tub so you can swim against a current (seen on commercials, rats in houses, and buying homemade items at the store. They made some of the things I know to be normal in America seem weird. It was humorous to me, because all of us foreigners here talk about things that happen and say "Only in Turkey." It was so easy to talk to these ladies. I am very thankful at how comfortable and how real I was able to be with them. Hopefully we will be able to have a good friendship with these ladies.

We used to live with a lady from Scotland. It was so good to live with her and a blessing that she took care of us. She was an amazing lady. She moved back home last month. Anyway, she would talk about how they dont know what cooking from scratch is because everything is that way. One day she saw the apple slicer we have. They do sell them here, but not many people use them. She was just amazed by this and we taught her how it worked. She always thought it was crazy that we have something to make anything we want, like an omelet maker, or a grilled cheese maker, or a s'more maker. It was so funny. It is amazing how lazy people are in America and how living in another country makes you realize how ridiculous some things are that you once thought to be normal.