Things we learned about Turkey today:-everything in Turkey is handmade; jewelry, wood stuff, ice cream, hand painted tiles and ceramics, Aladdin hats, colored glass coated lanterns, etc. ...or so they claim.Woke up to a beautiful day in the Mediterranean, the sun was shining and the morning doves were cooing outside our window. Another Turkish breakfast this morning, no wonder these guys are skinny…the tomatoes and cucumbers are getting old, where's t...

Heather has decided she would rather sleep in the car than in the hotel bed…these mattresses are ridiculous. The split system wall hung HVAC unit is also no bueno. I wake up 3 times a night, first time because it is too cold so I turn off the air, then it’s too hot so I turn it back on, and 1 last time to turn it off again because Heather is too cold…I sweat from there. Think we’ll try the window open tonight. Another Turkish breakfast aga...

"You have to be kidding me...close the curtains and quit making noise." - me at 6:45 this morning...Heather popped out of bed because she went to sleep at like 11. I'm like a crack addict coming off a binge every morning, total zombie trying to drag myself to the shower to wake up. The Turkish coffee at breakfast is some good go-juice to jump start my day though. Another good wake up was the dung smell outside the hotel. Heather and I had a lively debate on w...