"Turkish or tourist? Answer only after a nice hot bath
- Reyhan Harmanci
Sunday, March 13, 2005
My friend Emma and I sat on the stained carpet at our gate in New York's La Guardia airport, waiting to board our flight to Istanbul. Our conversation, like many we would have in the next two weeks, went in circles.
'Omigod, I'm so excited.'
'Me too. Omigod.'
'This is going to be so fun.'
'Totally. How long is the flight?'
'I don't know. What is the time difference?'
'I don't know. Eight hours maybe.'
'When's the last time you went there?'
'High school. I think. Do you think anyone on this flight looks like me? It's going to be so weird to be around a lot of people who look like me.'
Emma started laughing. 'Uh, no one here looks like you.'
'I'm sure when we get to Turkey you'll see how Turkish I really look.' "
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