I already wrote "a day in the life".  It summarized a day spent in Turkey, from Turkish tea and breakfast to swimming in the Aegean see, at a pristine beach with no one else around.  The next day was a little more boring as we accomplished very little--we crossed into Asia, and saw the ruins of Troy before busing most of the way to Istanbul.  Our bus stopped at a gas station/Mosque for prayer and break-fast, as Ramadan started the day before.

See the slide shows below for our impressions of our first days in Turkey.

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