Category Archives: Cross-cultural learning moments

Turkish drivers and Boston traffic: Chihuly’s sculptures somehow capture it!

Posted on August 14, 2011 by lizcameron

Karagöz is ecstatic.  He is swinging along the mavi boncuğu evil eye beads hanging off of the car mirror.   “We’re on a date! Let’s riot, let’s rock the house!  Let’s get wild and woolly!  We’re on a date.”  Hacivad interrupts … Continue reading →

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Cue the dancing girls: They finally emerge from my purse for a moon dance

Posted on August 9, 2011 by lizcameron

There is a rustling and a jingling somewhere on the floor.  Sleep holds in gravity against my eyelids, which are leaden and deeply in stasis.  I think “scorpion on the floor.” Karagöz giggles mercilessly in my ear, causing my adrenalin … Continue reading →

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Quality time with bikinis, books and the dancing ladies in Bodrum

Posted on August 8, 2011 by lizcameron

The year is 2004.  The day is indiscernible between sunshine, jet-lag, enjoying a visit with my boyfriend’s family and on-again, off-again culture shock.  It is mid-afternoon, and I am tanning and reading just steps from the Aegean in a gated … Continue reading →

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