Turkey Continued

I am continuing my travels through Turkey, hopping from one city to the next, and am very impressed with every city we visit. My friend just asked me where I was today and I drew a blank.. a complete blank, which is always a scary thought. I know that I am in the lobby of a hotel, someplace in south central Turkey wishing I could translate the screaming communications between several school children who have infilatrated the hotel. Two nights ago we were at my favourite destination so far, Kusadasi, which is a beach town on the Aegean Sea. We stayed in the most fantastic hotel ever, which was perched right on the beach, and I could hear the waves crashing against the rocks below from my sea view bedroom. The hotel had a beautiful infiniti pool overlooking the water, paired with a lake-style dock over the sea. Despite our 6pm arrival time I immidietly hit the docks, hoping that would be the true indication that my summer had arrived. At dinner, around the time when I mistook an elderly gentlemans small heap of bright coloured medication for "micro mini eggs," pestering him for the details as to where he "found those gems" in the buffet line (evidently "at the pharmacy" is where.) This is also when I scanned my dinner mates as to whom was going to join me for an after dinner swim. Every single person thought I was delirious for even suggesting such a crime. "Its barely even May for heavens sake!" One dastardly woman sneered. "You must be mad!" So around 9pm, after dinner hour was over, I headed for the pool, towel in hand. The Health Club attendant looked on in horror as I passed her by on my way out the door to the pool. "It's only open until 9:30!" she cried, in a final attempt to save me from my fate. In the corner of my eye I could see a crowd accumulating at windows all over the hotel. My fellow travel mates got up to look from the restaurant, which overlooked the pool to see if I was actually insane. I knew at this point I had to just jump in, despite how cold I knew the water surley would be. I dove, well, gracefully threw myself into the frigid water, trying to look as if I was doing so willingly. I could see Nelly and Jenny jumping up and down from their 8th floor bedroom, as flashes beamed from their cameras. I dunked my head under the water to mask my frozen cries for help. Several challenging laps later, when It looked as if the crowds had thinned, and the flashing had subsided, and made a made dash for my hotel room.

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