15 April 2008 I've been in Turkey for almost a month now. My daughter, Shay, lives in Izmir, so that has been where I have spent the majority of my time. Izmir is a fairly modern city, by Turkish standards, and we even live above a Starbucks, which is still too expensive. For the most part, though, Turkey has been much easier on the wallet than the UK and Europe. Accomodations are inexpensive. After being here 2.5 weeks, I woke up one night with a cramp in my calf and when I stood up to massage it, I ended up passing out and hitting my eyebrow on the baseboard. Hard. I had a huge knot on my head and now I have a black eye and it is still swollen and sore, after a week. I
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