Here is a picture of our hosts for the home stay. Mustafa on the left, and our tour guide on the right (Ayberk is first name, it means moonlight). In the background you can see his wife Fatma (or it could have been Fatima = the same name as wife of Mohammed). Next to her is the 12 year old daughter, name sounded like Twodonna, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it was spelled. We are sitting in their living room/tv room. Wood cookstove, used to heat tea water. They cook with gas in the kitchen. We are having a sit down after dinner, doing question and answer with the family - how big a farm \200,000 sq meters\, growing sugar beets, chickpeas, vegies. have 10 cows.

Each village has 1 cowboy that comes along in the morning after milking (all milking is done with machine regardless of whether 1 cow or many). He herds the cows to shared pasture, and keeps them there for the day. Then he herds them back through the village, with each cow knowing which barn to return to.

The older couple, I didn't get their names straight. They own the house, Mustafa is nephew to this man and his wife. This man is retired primary school teacher. The women, who take care of the home, children and food, do handwork in their spare time - crochet, knit and tat.