Turkish Home Remedies

I haven't been writing very regularly so far this semester. It is definitely not due to a lack of topics! It has been such a busy time and its taken me awhile to adjust to a new schedule. Hopefully I can share more with you about life in Adana in the coming weeks.

There is one story I've been dying to share. The other day, a friend and I were walking through a side street in Gazipasa (a nice neighborhood in Adana,) and we saw a man who was washing his car. As we approached him, I saw he was rubbing something on his car as if it were wax. At the same time, there was an overwhelming smell of gasoline. I said to my friend, "What is that man putting on his car?" "Gas, I guess," he said. "Do you mean wax or oil or something?" I asked. "No. Gas," he said. Let me tell you, it was no small amount of gas, either. I couldn't believe this guy was cleaning his vehicle using gasoline! Gas? Seriously??? We walked away discussing all of the normal, daily circumstances that could send that car up in flames!

I asked my friend if he had ever witnessed anything like that. I was glad to hear that he has never seen or heard of anyone else cleaning a car that way. I guess it was just one of those special Turkish home remedies.