We wanted an adventure.  And as if last summer's trip to Scandinavia was not sufficient excitement, we packed up the station wagon on the third of August, and headed for Turkey.  As you will see on the links below, we got what we wanted and then some.

Put on a cool shirt, buckle up and come with us through 12 countries, more than 6,000 miles, and the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul!

• The trip all started innocently enough, with TT and the boys taking a train from Austria to Edirne, Turkey
• And after the three reconnected with the father in Istanbul, we went to Pamukkale on the way to Gocek
• In Gocek, we met the three other families in our flotilla, and took to the open seas in the finest tradition
• After sailing, we headed to Cirali to see the chimera, with a stop at the market in Finike
• And then from there, we were off to Bodrum, but had an emergency stop in Denizli to buy a carpet
• And as if we had not seen enough Roman ruins, our next stop was Ephesus (or Efes in Turkish)
• Then north to the ferry (which we barely made) so we could spend a few days back in Istanbul
• After we had bought all we could at the Grand Bazaar, it was time to begin the (long and adventurous) drive home
• But we were not done!  In Croatia, we stopped in Dubrovnik (below) and made our contribution to the policeman's ball in Split before we caught the ferry to Italy

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