LOST IN SIVAS

Up until two months ago I had never even HEARD of this small town nestled in the mountains of Central Anatolia, Turkey. For the next year, it will be my new home.

Friday, October 21, 2005

Europeans are very trendy -- even Eastern Europe like Turkey, and even in Sivas! However, I am assuming that when it comes to T-shirts, they get all of their shirts from China or elsewhere in Asia, because we keep saying what we have come to call 'Lost in Translation Shirts'.

For example, the other day we took all our dirty clothes to the laundromat up the road and there was a little girl sitting on the couch wearing a red little top that read 'POP MY CHERRY', accompanied by a lovely stiched on cherry. Obviously her mother has no idea what it means. After all cherries are a big part of Turkish cuisine, with lots of cherry jam and cherry juice.

Another time, we were browsing in a ladies department store, and came across a top that read 'I LOVE MY SHIRT'. How sweet!

And here was my favorite, which I saw in a restaurant the other day:
'ROOLS OF LIFE:
Be cool
Be health
Be brove
Be stong'


And these people so love their shirts! Good stuff.

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