Gobble Gobble

We're in Turkey. No, not that turkey, the other Turkey.

The port is called Kusadasi (don't ask me to pronounce it) but we're taking a bus to Ephesus. Like where Paul trapsed around, way back in the day, and he wrote letters to the people there. That would be in the New Testament, you know, Ephesians.

But since we're on the subject, have you ever wondered what Turkey and the American bird have in common? A case of mistaken identity resulted in the American Turkey being named after the country. When the Spanish first found the bird in the Americas more than 400 years ago they brought it back to Europe. The English mistakenly thought it was a bird they called a "turkey" so they gave it the same name. This other bird was actually from Africa, but came to England by way of the Turkey (lots of shipping went through Turkey at the time). The name stuck even when they realized the birds weren't the same.

So now you know, and knowing is half the battle. G.I.Joe