We're posting up photos and a video from our trip to Turkey for anyone that's interested. (We also took some pictures the week before the wedding you can see here.) On Sunday after the wedding, we never made it in to Southwest Harbor because we realized we had too much cleaning up to do, so we did that, caught the ferry to Northeast Harbor that afternoon, and drove to Amy's Dad's house in York Beach. Then the next day, Sarah dropped us off in Boston where we caught a flight to Istanbul via JFK.
The vacation was broken up into three parts. The first part was in Istanbul, in Sultanahmet, the old city. We stayed at the Four Seasons, which is in a beautiful building (a former prison!), and steps away from the Blue Mosque, the Hagia Sofia, and the Topkapi Palace. So we spent a few days relaxing and visiting those places.
The second part, we flew down to Fethiye on the Mediterranean coast, and then sailed around for five days, five nights on a 35-foot sailboat. We sailed with a skipper, Esther, a very cool Dutch woman who did all the hard work, but we had to learn a lot about sailing to keep the boat afloat. It was a lot of fun. Many highlights, but probably the neatest thing that happened was on our last full day of sailing, some dolphins who swam along with us for awhile. I can't describe how amazing that was. We actually have a little video of it!
The third part found us back in Istanbul in the new part of the city. This was only a couple nights and one full day, but we ate nice dinners and did some good shopping. And then we came home!
Here are some pictures from the first part:
Here are some pictures from the second part:
Here are some pictures from the third part:
Finally, when we spotted the dolphins Amy had the camera out so she took a short video of it. Here it is:
(We took more videos but they're mostly pointless. But you can find them here if you're really interested.)
Thanks for letting us share these with you. And until next time, au revoir!
