Tuesday evening saw even more guests arrive to visit.  More about all the people later in this blog.

At 8:15 this morning we left Tire and drove to Torbali (near Izmir) to Sami and Sermin's place.  Sami had the car ready out front of his shop and the fellows loaded the trunk.  As planned, we were on the road at 9:30 headed to our destination for the next four nights.

Sami planned this entire trip.  He goes there twice a year and claims that it is what keeps him young, healthy, and fit.  What a tour manager he is, too.  About an hour and a half after we hit the road he pulled into a rest area and said that we were taking ten minutes for a tea, cigarette, and WC break.

A little outside the town of Kula we made tiny detour off the highway to view the rock formations (fairy chimneys) that are like those of Cappadocia, but in a much smaller area.  This area has been nicknamed Kuladocia and give a sense of what their more famous cousins may have looked like

thousands of years ago.

About 3pm we stopped for a late lunch.  The most delicious rotisserie chicken done outdoors on a fire tempted me so quickly that once again I forgot to take photos.  This is turning out to be an Eat Your Way Through Turkey tour.

The cook and waitress in this tiny hole in the wall restaurant wanted to get in on the photo, too.

Before we got to our destination we made a stop in a small town to buy fruit to have in each of our units because there would be no other food than what we brought with us except for going out for dinner each night. 

When we arrived we got set up in our units and Sami informed me that at 7pm we would be leaving to go our for dinner.  It is now 5:15, so I must get on with my duties so that I can report on exactly how much I accomplished these few hours - ha ha.  

I will show and tell more tomorrow.