So to celebrate our 2nd anniversary – me and the Nads are off to Turkistan with a couple of friends (see above) for a 10-day jaunt across the quasi-euro country. The plan is as follows:
June 4 – Fly out to Turkey via London (little anxious about long flights, but nothing that a little Tylenol PM administered by 2 fingers of “Dr. Daniels” can’t cure). Arrive in Turkey to randevouz with Punita.
June 5 – June 9 – Istanbul. All the regular sites, some apple tea, some hookah, a cruise along the Bosphorus with stops along various fishing villages, a little Turkish bath action.
June 9 – fly to Izmir, then rent a car…a stickshift car. And drive to Ephesus. The fact that the State Dept has an entire page devoted to driving in Turkey doesn’t make me super eager to get behind the wheel, but given our other transport (and driving) options, I might be the best man for the job.
June 10 – Travel around Ephesus. Friends at work said this was the best set of Greco-Roman ruins in the world. The whole world!
June 11 – Drive to Kusadasi. It’s a beach town that is about an hour from Ephesus. There are some other smaller towns along the way – maybe a lunch stop? Already excited about the food!
June 12 – Drive to Bodrum. Another beach. Which begs the question why are we driving from one beach to another? Different beaches…duh!
June 13 – Bodrum beach time
June 14 – fly back to Istanbul late.
June 15 – back to the grind.
I can’t take any credit for the wonderfully planned itenerary. That was all wife. I planned India, and never, ever heard the end of it. It was too cold. It was too hot. The horseback riding hurt her ass. Etcetra. Etcetra. But I digress - she did a GREAT job in between working crazy hours to set up what looks like it will be a great trip for the 4 of us.
Stay tuned for posts about the trip, to see if we stick to the itenerary, for all the funny stories, blah blah. I will try to post at various intervals (if you subscribe to the RSS feed over ———-> you will get updates (I think that’s how it works).
Until then – ciao bella (that is “adios” in turkistanese!)
