Sally
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Last Days in Turkey
One thing I learned in Turkey was in the last year I have seen enough Roman ruins to last a life time. Morocco, Egypt, Jordan and now Turkey. Those Romans really got around. Some of them were truly spectacular but… Continue reading
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Yunak Cave Hotel in Cappadocia
This hotel has to be the most unusual place I have ever stayed at. The rooms were caves cut into the side of a mountain. The bathrooms were gorgeous and all marble, The only problem was the steep walk up… Continue reading
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Last Day in Cappadocia
I woke up this morning at 2:00 AM waiting for the 4:30 AM wake-up call for the balloon ride. There had to be several hundred people waiting for the buses to leave for the balloon site. We waited and waited… Continue reading
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Cappadocia
We are staying for 3 days in a cave hotel. It is so cool I will do a separate post on it. We were supposed to do the balloon ride this morning but it got cancelled because of the wind.… Continue reading
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On The Road To Cappadocia
Never knew I was mispronouncing Cappadocia all these years. Now I know. Our guide, Mehmet, is always behind with his schedule because he likes to talk so this morning we had to stop at the Crystal Terrace which is a… Continue reading
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On To Safronbolu
We left Istanbul this morning at 8:00 AM in the middle of rush hour. I was very glad we were going out of the city because the streets were like a parking lot. We traveled over over a bridge that… Continue reading
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Easter Sunday in Turkey
Today was supposed to be an easy walking day as compared to yesterday. Yeh right! 15 thousand steps later and that included 2 hours on a boat sitting down. Today turned out to be basically a church day. We are… Continue reading
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We Hit The Ground Running
We left the hotel at 8:00 am. Our guard wanted to be first in line to enter the Hagia Sophia mosque. When Mehmet, our guide, saw a cruise ship in port he was very worried. When we got to the… Continue reading
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Our First Day Alone In Istanbul
Peggy had the entire first day planned out. The main thing that I learned today was to always check at the front desk for assistance. After breakfast we left the hotel and stopped at the ATM to get Turkish Lira.… Continue reading
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Istanbul At Last
Our flight from Dulles to Frankfurt was very nice. I had a glass of champagne even before I got settled in my “room.” Very cosy with all the bells and whistles. I ordered a special vegan meal with the airline… Continue reading
On The Road With The YaYa's 