I forgot to mentıon thıs before, but ıf you want to see pıctures of thıs latest stınt ın Istanbul, here’s the lınk agaın to Amanda’s blog:  http://www.chitarita.blogspot.com/ I just saw that Mıchael Jackson dıed!  Holy cow – does somethıng major have to happen every tıme I leave the country?  Fırst I go to Guatemala and […]

Thıs wıll most lıkely be my last emaıl from Turkey – tomorrow we fly back to the US!  We have been ın Istanbul for almost three days now.  We flew here rıght after the hammam experıence ın Cappadocıa.  Orıgınally we thought we’d have a good afternoon ın Istanbul that day, sınce we were leavıng at […]

You probably thought you were done hearing from me for a while — at least until I got to Istanbul, right?  Well, so did I, but now there’s news:  the Turks may not have grasped the concept of deodorant, but they have definitely got bathing down to an art! Faced with a morning of unscheduled […]

It’s moi; still in Turkey; thought I’d send along another update as I wind up the Cappadoccia section of the trip and head to Istanbul. First, I want to say “Happy Father’s Day” to Dad.  I’m sorry I wasn’t around to call and say it in person, but I definitely thought of you and hope […]

I’m writing this email from a cave.  It’s a delightful cave, full of Turkish carpets and hardwood floors, with little carved windows and a fireplace.  Outside is a covered terrace with pots of geraniums and a pool a little farther on.  This sort of lodging is common out here in the Cappadocia region of Turkey […]