Hi from Ric and Denise

Well, we are off tomorrow to Istanbul and our last few days in Turkey. This has been an incredible, if not too brief, tour of a really fantastic and friendly country. In retrospect I realize I had no idea of the history, diversity and size of this country. It has been a great eye opener. From the ancient cities of Ephesus, Priene, Didyama and Therimesos to the beautiful sea of Kokova, to the wonderland of inland Turkey and Capadoccia we have had many experiences we'll never forget. Cameron has made friends everywhere we've gone, they all want him to come back and everyone loves his hair and eyes! I discovered true lovliness last night as I was finally correctly dressed in a headscarf. I'm including a picture of me with my scarfdresser Esalee! She invited us into her house for her homemade raisons and raison syrup!! So, we look forward to the adventures of Istanbul and then we will be off to Italy (we've had enough of Nescafe for a while!). Love to all, Denise, Ric and Cameron

Me climbing the cave houses in Cappidoccia

My dad with a great harbor behind him

My dad at one of the harbor's in Kokova. My dad says it was one of his favorite harbors he had ever seen.

me holding a turtle

Here I am holding a turtle in-front of a ancient Licyaian tomb that is at least 2,500 years old. In Kokova which is in the south of Turkey.

My day off!

Me relaxing in Turkey! With the ghost village behind me.

In an onyx workshop

I got invited to see how someone made an onyx paper-wait and after he gave it to me for a present!!

Me at the library in Ephesus

On our 2nd day in Turkey we went to Ephesus I am standing in-front of the Library of Celsus. And it was only built about 2,100 years ago, and it housed about 12,000 scrolls. The actual city of Ephesus was built 3,100 years ago.

Saying goodbye to Greece

Here I am with one of the local bar tenders in THE WAVE cafe on Samos eating one of the last chocolate crepes I would have for a while. After I had my chocolate crepe we waved goodbye to Greece and were on our way to Turkey.

We simply cannot stop trading!

Here we are buying carpets after we had just gotten of the ferry to Turkey (Ric buying old Turkish carpets in Selchuk!)

The spectacular theater of Priene

Cameron captaining his first boat in the Med

Samos Island in Greece

We ran across this little newly hatched Chameleon while we were hiking! It climbed up Cameron's arm! We had some of the most beautiful hikes through terraced hillsides and great mountainous areas here....amazing!

Our overnight Ferry from Sifnos to Samos Greece!!

Our overnight Ferry from Sifnos to Samos Greece!!

This is what we spent the night on and I can tell you it was very rocky. It was a very cool experience though it took us about 12 hours to get from one island to another with like 5-6 stops we slept in bunk beds (I got the top one! and i fell out 2 times ha just kidding!!!) we even got our own little cabin!

The Greek Islands!

Hello all from the beautiful Greek Island of Sifnos! We aren't doing much here which is great considering we've been on the whirlwind history tour up until now! The quiet, calm of the Greek islands has snatched us up and we're meandering without a goal except for Cameron who wants chocolate crepes! That appears to be our only mission right now! The sun is beautiful, the seas are turquoise blue and the food here is like no other place in Greece! We've been here a couple of days and it feels like we never were anywhere else and won't be headed off to anyplace else!!! Didn't that happen to Odyssius? Anyway, enjoy the blog and we'll enjoy the weather here for you all! Love, D, R and C

pictures of windmills in Sifnos

Cameron says hi! He's having a great time and wishes you were all here with us! He'll be a fantastic tour guide some day. He seems to really take to traveling. He's into a good book right now though, so he's not in the writing mode! We'll have a little ouzo for you all! D, R and C