Kesfet! (Discover!)
Local food fairs are a great way to discover the tastes and textures of Turkey! One of the most beautiful things about moving to a different country is simple the opportunity to discover. Discover yourself—how you manage stress, how you respond to the unfamiliar, where you place your identity. Discover your home—what you never realized you would miss, and what you really can live without. Discover your new home—the tastes, the expressions, the history, the cultural differences that make everything feel so new and the commonalities that ground you in the fact that we are all humans with actually quite similar desires, dreams, and emotions. While discovering the depths of the culture you are going to only really begins by being there, there are ways to give yourself a sort of “preview” of what you are about to jump into. Think of it like putting hangers in your mental closet, so that you are ready to hang up your new ethnographical wardrobe when you get there. Consider what you