Figured out the next place we wanted to go (where ancient wonder numero tres is) and figured it will be easier to get to via ferry from a Greek island, so hiho hiho, it's back to Kos we go. Did a bit of shopping, booked our ferry tickets and hotel, then mom read up on Turkey...only to discover, the town we want to visit is an hour away from Izmir (a major city) and completely accessible by train....so, we'll be flying to Izmir from Kos. Hee hee. At least we'll get to see the museum, and ship some more stuff home, as well as get some Greek honey and such...plus, I need to send some postcards, and really think they should be postmarked from the country they depict! Had our best meal yet at the marina yacht club...and believe it or not, though the setting was much more upscale, the meal itself was less than the prices we saw across the street. Had a bottle of local white wine which was quite nice, and both of us ordered seafood, mom won. Hers had a great yellow curry dipping sauce a potato cake of some sort with an awesome flavor and 3 types of seafood. Mine was also good, and the presentation was gorgeous (it was served in a giant seashell) was almost a seafood stew...but nothing compared to the seafood sampler platter. We even got dessert, rice pudding with pistachio ice cream- yum! Music was a crack up, if you've ever been to a piano bar, you'll appreciate this...know how they'll sing a modern pop song, but to an elevator tune...so you kinda feel like you know what you're hearing? Same here, with a few made up lyrics to boot...must admit was the first time I've heard a piano bar version of "I will survive"
Random stuff: first apologies on the grammar/spelling, yes some is intentional (aresome for example) others...well it's often 3am or so when I finger type these on the iPad...so oops, and promise I will fix it at some point.
I've looked up the round the world timelines, and from what I can tell, the ancient Mayan culture was around at roughly the same time the Minoan (400 year head start on the part of the Mayans) and the Incan culture came about much later roughly around the time of the Romans (400AD)
Quote:
“Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey.” – Fitzhugh Mullan
“Half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” – Ray Bradbury
“Bizarre travel plans are dancing lessons from God.” – Kurt Vonnegut
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