The freezing weather made it harder to do all the sightseeing, but we still did quite a bit. We explored many neighborhoods, palaces, statues, yeah whew! Now we are getting ready to fly to Athens. From here we will take a shuttle to Piraeus, a port town where we catch a ferry to Crete. The ferry is 10 hours or so and overnight as well. We get a sleeper cabin with a little window. It will be a bit of a hike to get there but we have some great friends awaiting our arrival. I have no idea if internet will be close by to us so we may have a bit of catch up to do once we get plugged back in.
I know it is redundant to say again but we love Istanbul soooo much! This city rules, and it has been even better because of all the incredible people we have met while staying at PlanetPaprika Hostel. Hostels are cool, with more of a community feeling than at a typical hotel; and generally filled with great people doing all sorts of different things. We met a couple really fun guys from New York; one is now living in Riyadh working as a consultant. The other guy is from Brooklyn and has traveled all over, so cool. An Iranian doctor was so nice to talk to and hear about her home. There were Germans and Italians, Dutch and French, Syrian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Turks, jeez who did I miss. Oh yeah, Australians too. Anyway, everyone had great stories about where they were from and what they were doing. It was so great to get to know all of them and go eat, dance, shoot pool, and check out the city together. Hello to all of you!! We feel so blessed to have met you all and for the chance to get to know you a bit. This world is small and if you happen to find yourselves in our neck of the woods one day, look us up!!
As we look ahead to the next bit of our journey it is hard to avoid glimpsing the finish line. It has been quite a while but we still have some amazing things to do. Home is in our minds... but only just. Crete and Italy are calling!!
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