We're Returning (yet again!) to Turkiye!
Hello! Although now it's a different spelling -- so I'm going to have to try and remember that ... Türkiye rather than Turkey, and it's also pronounced differently -- rather than like what one serves on Thanksgiving, it's Turk-e-yay. So we'll see how it goes! Robert has made a map of our upcoming trip, which I've included. We leave on Monday, November 4, and return on Friday, November 29. And, as R has also decided that the nicest way to return to the U.S. is going through Phoenix to clear customs and immigration, we are traveling Phoenix to Heathrow (London), overnighting at Stansted in England, and then heading out the next day to Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul. From there, we will spend two nights in Istanbul before picking up a car and heading out across the country! We'll be covering a lot of miles, and visiting both new and old places this time. I'm especially looking forward to returning to Troy, which we missed on our last visit becaus...