Exploring the culture, history, and cuisine of Turkey through the eyes of not-just-another-tourist
A fun Halloween post that teaches the meaning of an American English idiom, a “play on words”, if you will. Happy Halloween!
Question: What does it mean to “drive a stick”?
Answer: Driving a stick means driving a car that has a manual transmission. The “stick” is short for the “stick shift” in English.
The Joke: In literature and film, witches fly on a broom – also known as a broomSTICK. So she (or he) DRIVES a STICK!
It was a long and rough winter for us in Ankara. For a moment there, I thought all of the stars in the sky had a bad case of dandruff - it snowed that much! In fact, we had flurries again yesterday. But now the sun is shining and flowers are poking their little heads... Continue Reading →
Musings of a Philadelphia lawyer - who married a Turk, quit her day job, and set out for adventure!
-by Terry Henson Kaymak
Adventures in Ankara 