Sitting on the plane, waiting to leave for London and we are an hour delayed getting off the air. And me with no way to contact Dawn and Dennis. We make up the time on the way to London and land 15 minutes late. Too bad we sit on the tarmac for another 45 minutes [...]
Turns out Mike’s wild night out was a bust. He said the bar was a long table with liter bottles of soda and the dancing was definitely lacking. Glad I didn’t go with him. Guess to really live it up here you’ve got to shell out the $. We had breakfast together and then Mike [...]
We took the tram across to the new part of town where we boarded the funicular to get to the top of Istiklal Street. I wasn’t sure what to expect although I thought it might be a lttle like The Ramblas in Barcelona. It’s a HUGE street (both long and wide) with shops and restaurants [...]
Today we say Goodbye to Fatih as he drops us at the airport for our trip back to Istanbul. He has a 12+ hour drive to get back to Cappadocia and a few days off before it all starts again. He has been really wonderful to all of us, especially me considering how I decorated [...]
Another early morning, I think we were on the road at 8:30. These middle of the night wake up calls are killing me. On the bus and off to Ephesus. We passed a windy road with a little building at the top which Ali told us was where Mary (as in the Virgin) lived. Not [...]
