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28 octobre Turkey (that's rıght, Turkey)!Greetings from Turkey!
That's right, Turkey!
We first flew into Istanbul, and were horrified to learn (once we were already in the country!) that you HAVE to have a Turkish Vısa to be here for any length of time. Stuck between a rock and a hard place, we shelled out the $60 each to gain access to Turkey for three months. TRY THREE DAYS! Oh well... live and learn. We then flew from Istanbul to Izmir, and little did we know, we shared a plane with a VERY important Turkish religious leader. Being the go-getters that we are, we were the first ones off the plane and were shocked when we walked out of the arrival gates to be greeted by 500 expectant muslims holdıng flowers. 'Wow!' we thought, 'what hospitality!'. Then we realized they were actually waitıng for the very important looking man that followed behind. It was pretty funny at the time though - boy were those muslims dissapointed to see us!
After two more busses, we finally found ourselves at our destination - the small tourist/fishing village of Kusadasi. Our $20 hotel room has the most beautiful view of the ocean - everythıng here is so cheap! The main tourist attraction in these parts is the ancient vıllage of Epheseus (dating back to 6000 BC), which boasts tons of ruins not unlike Rome and Athens. We asked the guy at our hotel how to best get there (about half an hour away) and he said that he has a friend who sells carpets and, because business is slow, he would drive us all the way there and back for free if we would just LOOK at the poor guy's carpets (a very saturated industry here by the way, carpet stores as far as the eye can see... and stray cats, but that's another story). So we took up his offer, and this carpet guy was so nice - he drove us all the way there, taught us all about Turkish history and politics on the way, waited 2.5 hours for us while we looked at the ruins, and even had fresh mandarins for us after that he picked himself. Well by the time he took us to his carpet store, we couldn't help but buy a carpet! The system works! We would have felt like pretty big assholes on the drive back down if we hadn't
 . The good news is that the carpet is beautiful (and small), and it is going to match Adam's mom's living room perfectly  .Tomorrow we are going to take a ferry to the Greek island of Samos (only 2 hours away from here). More hilarious storıes to come, I'm sure! Last night when we were walking down some stairs here to the ocean, Adam tripped and bent his left ring finger all the way back (he'd better get that finger workıng agaın quickly!) no, seriously, it's pretty messed up. It's swollen and purple and we think he tore a ligiment. We are hesitant to visit a doctor here though, so he is going to tough it out until we get back to France and we will see ıf he needs to have it amputated. Until then, Doctor Wallace has set him up with a fine brace made of a popsicle stick and a pink hair elastic. Good as new!!!
We will post all of our pictures when we get home. Love you all,
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