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Arda (ozges friend that we've been hanging out with) invited us over for dinner with his family tonight. It was a bit of a formal occasion so we were kinda nervous going in because this was the first time most of the people there would've eaten with Aussies and we wanted to make a good impression. When we arrived the whole family was waiting at the door to greet us, they were all so warm and welcoming but when I went to shake the dads hand he pulled me in and tilted his head down, I was supposed to kiss his cheeks but I didn't know that so instead I pressed my forehead against his like we were in rise of the planet of the apes or something which was pretty awkward lol. The parents didn't speak much English so we were all talking and then everything was being translated. We talked about a bunch of stuff but there was a particular interest in Australia's relationship with the royal family, apparently arads dad researched australian politics before we arrived and was concerned we might be having to go to war against England for independence at some point. Obviously that's absurd and I found it pretty funny but it was also a little eye opening that he would even think that, like he was projecting problems onto us that he has to worry about. We had soup for entre and then the kayseri lasagne (yağlama) again for mains, it was served with a few meze style dishes to roll in it which were all super tasty. For dessert we had a milky noodle slice type dish called Cold Kadayif, it was insanely delicious, easily top 5 desserts I've ever tried. It was a super fun night, yet another time Turkish hospitality has blown me away :))Read more