After filming our lessons, Tony and I treated our "students" to some dinner at Pitaria. Mecid didn't have time to go with us, so it was Tony, Eri, Baha, and Emin. We all walked down there and I talked to Emin about the weather where he is from, in Eastern Turkey. As we ate, we talked about a range of topics, from anime to fines for expired license plates (Baha wants to drive his car, but the plates are expired).
It was a really nice group, which surprised me a bit because the only person I knew was Baha and the rest were sort of blind recruits. It was awesome that they were so willing to help us out. Eri seemed to have more trouble with the activities in our respective lessons, but she does fine in conversation. Baha is always very outgoing in conversation and can talk about almost anything. Emin spoke very quietly, but his skills are high and he can talk about a wide range of topics. Baha and Emin would speak English rather than Turkish, to one another during dinner. This was good for keeping a group conversation going. Tony told us all about the novel he was writing, but I don't want to give it away...you'll have to ask him about it.
All in all it was a good dinner. Tony and I were in high spirits because we were relieved to have finished our lessons.
Haha but we still haven't gotten them in any format we can give to Ramin. Also, I think Erie is just kinda shy because she is just as talkative as Baja sometimes...though no one trumps Baja for fun conversation.
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