"Feeling Welcome: Turkish woman impressed by friendliness of the people here - they smile, she says
By Kim Underwood
JOURNAL REPORTER
Published: October 10, 2008
As a member of a Friendship Force group visiting from Turkey, Ahu Aydinligil ate a Krispy Kreme doughnut and took a tour of Old Salem yesterday.
What made the biggest impression, though, were the expressions on people's faces.
"People smile," she said.
The Friendship Force is a nonprofit organization that organizes visits throughout the world. Visitors stay in the homes of people in the host city.
"Our overall purpose is international peace," said Ralph Cauthen, the president of the Central North Carolina chapter."
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