Ephesus
Today was awesome! We woke up at 6am this morning. Not by choice. By a screeching prayer blaring through a megaphone. I think it's funny that in America they've taken prayer out of almost everywhere, but here in Turkey they're forcefully injecting prayer into everywhere. We tried to fall back asleep, Isa was much better [...]
Selcuk and Ephesus Museum
We left Istanbul this morning. We didn't have to rush to the airport, which was nice. We got to have breakfast and then relax in the hotel for a little bit. Isa's putting on a brave face there. Unfortunately, she got food poisoning last night. This is more like how she felt this morning: The [...]
Istanbul Mosques, Markets, and Ice Cream
We are loving Istanbul! We walked over 13 miles and 26k steps today! We explored a TON! It all started at the Grand Bazaar. It was much different than we had expected. I was picturing dusty, crowded alleys jam-packed with people and noise and excitement. Definitely not this. It's grand, for sure, there were so [...]
Exploring Istanbul: Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and more!
I hope you like pictures, because Istanbul is rather photogenic and we had a lot of adventures today. We started off with a fantastic breakfast at our hotel (Edibe Sultan). It was such a good spread of food with lots of options, all turkish. This was round one. I ended up getting 3 plates. We're [...]Welcome to our blog!
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