Editor,

Many of us on South Whidbey happily gave financial support to send our Atlantis ROV team on their successful trip abroad this summer. We, for example, donated a Turkish rug for the fundraiser.

After their success in Romania, the Atlantis ROV team visited Turkey. While some members of the team were sitting in a sidewalk cafe in Istanbul talking about Whidbey Island, a Turkish man at a neighboring table interrupted and asked if they were from Langley, a place he had visited last year. Turns out that the rug we donated to the Atlantis ROV fundraiser had been purchased in this gentleman’s shop in Istanbul. What a small world!

FRED and SHARON LUNDAHL

Langley