Ataturk and the country he created - Turkey - July 2013


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August 17th 2013
Published: December 8th 2014
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Well - we are finally sort of starting to catch-up to current status (only 15 months behind). Gonna be very honest here - we knew where Turkey was, but besides that all we knew was that it was a fairly heavily populated Muslim country with lots of history and a country that played a massive part in world history. Besides this we really knew nothing of the country, but then again just the fact that... Read Full Entry



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Town view from the castle
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Love these 2 pictures
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The contrast
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and then the full picture
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The SBUX in town
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Probably one of the best freakin meals we had in Turkey
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Our little syrupy balls with coconut flakes
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Lights at night
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Marmara Bodrum at night
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The morning view
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The Turkish bath at the Marmara Bodrum
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Nikkie showing us how many wonders of the world there is
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Nikkie showing us how many we have seen (Mausoleum of Halicarnassus at Bodrum)
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One of the few things still in tact at one of the seven wonders of the world
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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - not much left
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Just happened on this Turkish shoe maker
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With all the cats roaming around this guy was not gonna survive for long
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Very well preserved
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The theater from the entrance
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Figuring out how to take a picture of ourselves
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The theater from the walkway



9th December 2014

Glad to see that you are starting to catch up...
I enjoyed reading your "book!" At 16,600 words you might want to consider breaking it down into several blogs...one for each city or region...makes the reading easier! Before your next carpet buying trip. make sure you know the difference between the child made (smaller more nimble fingers) and machine made...pretty easy to tell. Turkey is truly an amazing country.
9th December 2014

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Thanks Bob - yeah the blog was way too much and I was "literally exhausted" after writing this. I will definitely break it down next time. I guess it's just a testament to how much we truly enjoyed Turkey.

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