TURKEY Next stop...Ephesus, Turkey

Lunch at Sultankoy, Selcuk, Izmir
Lunch at Sultankoy, Selcuk, Izmir
Lunch at Sultankoy, Selcuk, Izmir
Silk carpet making process at Sultankoy, Selcuk, Izmir

Dyed silk at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Silk worn cocoons at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Silk worn cocoons at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Ali with silk strands at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir

Silk worn cocoons at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Carpet looms at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Ali & McKenzie at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Selcuk Castle, Selcuk, Ionia

Selcuk Isa Bey Mosque
Amaral Family on their newly acquired family heirloom at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
Amaral Family's new carpet at Sultankoy carpet factory, Selcuk, Izmir
The ancient city of Priene

Austin & Ali inspect the ruins at Priene
The ruins at Priene
The ruins at Priene
Greg & Cindy at Priene

Greg & Cindy at Priene
Wyatt & McKenzie inspect some trout near Priene
Trout farm near Priene
The ruins at Milet

Ali checks out the ruins at Milet
Beautiful spring flower at Milet
Beautiful spring flower at Milet
The ruins at Milet

The ruins at Milet
Ali checks out the ruins at Milet
Beautiful spring flower at Milet
The ruins at Milet

Wyatt & McKenzie at Milet
Austin & Wyatt at the Apollo Sanctuary
Ozan gives us a tour of the Apollo Sanctuary
The Apollo Sanctuary

A tour of the Apollo Sanctuary
A tour of the Apollo Sanctuary
McKenzie tours the Apollo Sanctuary
Amaral's tours the Apollo Sanctuary

Amaral's tours the Apollo Sanctuary
McKenzie & her baby tour the Apollo Sanctuary
View of Bodrum from the Dedeman Hotel
Cindy and Austin board a gulette for a tour of the Aegean Sea

Greg & Cindy tour the Aegean Sea in a gulette
Bodrum Castle viewed from the Aegean Sea
Greg & McKenzie tour the Aegean Sea in an 80 foot gulette
Greg on the Aegean Sea

Wyatt receiving instruction from the captain on how to pilot the 80 foot gulette
Wyatt checks out the front of the gulette
Bodrum Castle
Cindy, Ali, & Wyatt survive the wind and high seas

Amaral Family trying to survive wind and high seas in the Aegean
Amaral Family trying to survive wind and high seas in the Aegean
Amaral Family trying to survive wind and high seas in the Aegean
The captain finds a cove to escape the wind & high seas south of Bodrum

Greg & Cindy enjoying high seas in the Aegean
Cindy & Austin enjoy the Aegean
Cindy & Austin enjoy the Aegean
Captain McKenzie navigating the Aegean

Captain McKenzie navigating the Aegean
Captain Ali navigating the Aegean
Amaral kids on the Aegean
Amaral kids on the Aegean

Enjoying the Aegean
Enjoying the Aegean
Enjoying the Aegean
Cindy enjoys the Aegean

Boat yard in Bodrum
Austin, Wyatt, & McKenzie survive wind and high seas
Austin, Wyatt, & McKenzie survive wind and high seas
Cindy & Ali enjoy the Aegean

Cindy enjoys the Aegean
Welcome to Bodrum
Bodrum Castle
Bodrum Castle

Two professional squash players, Dedeman Hotel, Bodrum
Two professional squash players, Dedeman Hotel, Bodrum
Austin & McKenzie on their patio at Ciragan Palace
Cindy & Cigdem visit the sultan's balcony at Suleymaniye Mosque, most important Ottoman Building in Istanbul

Greg & Cindy sit on the sultan's balcony at Suleymaniye Mosque, most important Ottoman Building in Istanbul
Egyptian Obelisk in Istanbul
The Blue Mosque
Greg & Cindy, Blue Mosque

Cindy & Cigdem visit Haghia Sophia
Haghia Sophia
Aya Sopia - Haghia Sophia
Cindy, Haghia Sophia

Greg & Cindy enter Topkapi Palace
Silk Road
Divan Tower in Topkapi Palace
Cindy on the grounds of Topkapi Palace

The Bosphorus
The Bosphorus
Cindy gets read for lunch at Topkapi Palace
Oils & spices, lunch at Topkapi Palace

Cindy & Cigdem at the back of Haghia Sophia
The Grand Bazaar - Istanbul
A link gets removed from Cindy's Ethiopian watch, Grand Bazaar - Istanbul
View of the Bosphorus from Austin & Wyatt's suite, Ciragan Palace

View of the Bosphorus from Austin & Wyatt's suite, Ciragan Palace
Fishing from the Galata Bridge, Istanbul
Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Wyatt samples some honey at the Spice Bazaar, Istanbul

Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Cindy shops at her favorite store in the world, Ozer, Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Cindy shops at her favorite store in the world, Ozer, Spice Bazaar, Istanbul
Loading up on the Besiktas for a Bosphorus cruise

Cruising the Bosphorus
Cruising the Bosphorus
Checking out our Hotel, Ciragan Palace, from the Bosphorus
Cruising the Bosphorus

Cruising the Bosphorus
Cruising the Bosphorus
The Bosphorus meets the Black Sea
View of Istanbul from Camlica ( the Pine Peak )

Greg & Austin visit Camlica ( the Pine Peak )
Beautiful spring flowers on Camlica ( the Pine Peak )



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