i forgot to mention the funniest part about yesterday. the taxi driver on the way home from taksim asked us (americans) if we liked tom cruise, barack obama (“a black man!”) and george bush. our taxi driver liked george bush, which i found odd. he then asked us (four vegetarians) about eating hamburgers with ketchup and mayonnaise. oh, how people perceive the united states—and how close their perceptions actually are.
