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Turkey Day Eight: Greatest travel day ever? Cappadocia above and below ground.
Turkey Day Eight:  Greatest travel day ever?  Cappadocia above and below ground.

Turkey Day Eight: Greatest travel day ever? Cappadocia above and below ground.

3:45am: Beeep Beeeep Beeeep.  We get up earlier on vacation than we do at home.  I throw my pants on and hope the front office is open with some coffee, and it isn’t.  I can’t blame them (although I wish…

Turkey Day Six: The Roman ruins at Ephesus on a cold spring day
Turkey Day Six: The Roman ruins at Ephesus on a cold spring day

Turkey Day Six: The Roman ruins at Ephesus on a cold spring day

Most of our favorite experiences involve ancient civilizations.  Adventure rides in nature and animal experiences follow close behind, but Petra, Karnak, Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu are all in our top five.  Rome itself was awesome, but it loses some…

Turkey Day Five: International TV stars! Escaping the earth with Microlights but tourist trapped at Sirince
Turkey Day Five: International TV stars!  Escaping the earth with Microlights but tourist trapped at Sirince

Turkey Day Five: International TV stars! Escaping the earth with Microlights but tourist trapped at Sirince

It’s been pouring all night, the walls of this apartment are so thin that I can hear each thrust and moan, and I’ve had about 250 minutes of sleep.  Amanda punches me in the shoulder and grimaces.  I know she’s…

Turkey Day Four: Guessing is half the fun! Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque and the cistern Istanbul
Turkey Day Four: Guessing is half the fun!  Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque and the cistern Istanbul

Turkey Day Four: Guessing is half the fun! Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque and the cistern Istanbul

It’s not the first time this happened, and it won’t be the last.  We hit a wall. It’s only a small wall, but a wall nonetheless.  Our goal was to get up at 7:45 am and be at the Blue Mosque, for which…