I didn't get a chance to write yesterday, so I'm putting episodes 2 and 3 together.

Episode 2:

We went into Old Adana today (technically yesterday, but I'm gonna type it as if it happned today). The traffic was crazy, lots of horns honking and people running between cars and cars getting really close to running into things. It was pretty crowded once we got there.The first shop we went in had a bunch of dishes and stuff made of copper and silver. They were quite beautiful. Britton bought some apple flavored molasses tobacco. We met a guy that spoke English in there. He calls himself Jack, and he was very friendly (kind of cute, too...lol). He went with us most of the time we were in the city, showing us around. We came across a stand with some weird looking fruit and Jack kept trying to get mom to try some, but she was real skeptical. Britton was cool enough to try some. I wanted to try some too, but mom was so skeptical about it I wasn't sure what to do at that moment (I'm definitely gonna try some next time). After that Jack walked us through some streets with a bunch of shops, greeting a bunch of his friends on the way, one of which I think attempted to hit on me. He called out to me and when I turned around, he might have asked if I speak Turkish, but at that moment I thought he said, "Do you speak English?" so I said, "Yeah," then he said something else, but I didn't catch what he said and everybody kept going, so I turned around and kept walking. Then he brought us into a shop with really pretty rugs where they served us some effin' amazing apple tea and we chatted with the people who work there. We wanted to find a music store where we could find some Turkish instruments, but the nearest one was a bit out of the way and it was really hot, so we decided we'd check it out next time we go to Old Adana.

Episode 3:

We went with a tour group to Payas Castle. It was pretty awesome, the architecture was beautiful and there was a lot of things growing in the moat. There was a lot of dead snails on the plants everywhere. It was really weird, they were all bunched up together. It's as if they all congregated there to die. After that we went to Antioch, where St. Peter led the first organized Christian church. It's kind of hard to explain everything in the cave there, so I'll just explain the different features in the captions of the pics I'll upload later. Britton and I saw a HUGE roly poly that was almost an inch long and about half an inch wide. We wanted to take a pic of it, but it hid before we could do so. After Antioch we ate lunch at a very nice restaurant. Again, better described with pics. We took a walk around an area with a waterfall that had some market stands and a restaurant (we saw one table where you can eat in the water! Pretty sweet!). There was a lot of Turkish kids that seemed to love saying, "Hello!" and, "Hi!" to us. A lot of people notice us everywhere we go, we kinda stand out. I couldn't help but notice that a lot of people tend to think we're German or Scandinavian or something (probably 'cause Britton and I have blonde hair and blue eyes). Finally we went to a museum with a lot of mosaics and a lot of other ancient artifacts, which was, of course, quite fascinating. It's hard to believe such things can last for thousands of years. Getting out of the museum and onto the bus, yet more people said hi to us and Britton and Nelson (some other guy on the tour with us) kept waving at a bunch of people, and they seemed rather amused. On the way back to the base (which was a pretty long drive), there was some Turkish music on the radio. It's not exactly for American ears, but there was one song that stood out to me that I liked. It had an instrument that sounded kind of like a bagpipe and it had an interesting rhythm, but of course I had no idea what the title was.And so that summarizes what's been going on here since yesterday.
P.S. - I almost forgot to mention we stopped at a convenience store. I bought a candy bar. It was caramel and crispy rice stuff covered in milk chocolate. Britton and I got some Capri-Sun. Turkish Capri-Sun rocks, it tastes better than in America, possibly because they use actual sugar and not corn syrup. I actually saved the pouch just so I could type what it says on the back in this blog. It was written in both Turkish and English, and you can tell it's translated by the Turks. Here's what it said:
Why Capri-Sun is Naturally fun?
* It has a original taste! Drink chilled or even frozen!
* Refreshing drink for school, launch boxes, snacks and picnics
Just punch through the easy-open silver pouch and let quench your thirst with Capri-Sun!