A Family Meal

After checking in at our hotel in Uchisar, we headed out for a traditional meal in the home of a local family. This, along with home stays, is one of the aspects of traveling with G Adventures that we like the most. G connects with the local community to pay willing and interested families to host travelers for a meal or an overnight. This typically provides an income stream to the family. We’ll call it the stay-at-home mom’s side hustle!

We were invited to a room reserved for guests and had a traditional vegetarian Muslim meal.

A funny highlight saw the family’s 8-year-old daughter moving person to person and asking each of us what we do for a job. She had limited English and our guide enjoyed the game as we tried to explain what we do. He would then ask her what her take away was. For Wayne, who is a project manager for the road department in Melbourne, Australia, she came up with Taxi Driver. For Brendan, a doctor. She looked surprised, likely due to his youthful appearance. I ended up as the “master of teachers” and Kim was a second teacher. Since I know how important teachers are, I think our titles should be reversed!Читать далее