Friends from Divan Cultural Center kindly invited us for Turkish breakfast on March 26, 2011. We had delicious Turkish pastries, sweets, different types of olives, cheeses, jams, tomatoes, cucumbers, of course with Turkish Tea. Students of my Turkish classes were surrounded by many native Turkish speakers. Happily my students’ Turkish speaking abilities impressed all those native speakers. There was a surprise visit that we did not know. The mayor of City of Durham, Mr William V. Bell, came. After chatting with us, he was called to stage to greet the audience. Listening to him was a joyful occasion to learn about his care of diversity. We were representing diversity by being there.
Then we left to go to the Harmony Mediterranean Store in Cary for grocery shopping altogether. One of us bought Turkish Coffee, some of us purchased breakfast material: Cheese, olives, jams, bread, biscuits.