Ahhh, Turkey. The coast, the olive trees, the ancient ruins (more than Greece and Italy put together the tourist info claims), and, from a biker's perspective, the heat, the hills, the heat, the wind, the heat and most of all, the heat. Yes, we knew that going to Turkey in July was dumb, and prepared to suffer, but never did we expect to encount...

We flew from Istanbul to Izmir on a plane filled with soccer fans. There was supposed to be a political demonstration in Izmir this day, with millions of people attending. We skipped right out of town so missed all that action. The action of the big soccer game though, followed us to Kusadasi. We had dinner in an upper level restaurant, and from...

A leisurely breakfast at 8AM - cheese, olive, cucumbers, tomato chunks, herb bread made with phylo and coffee. I use the last frame in my camera to take a photo of the bread display. Services are at 10:30. Later a small group of us go for a snack at the faux Mexican restaurant. All we need is something to drink since we are to have a large dinne...