Our honeymoon is scheduled

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We have finally scheduled our honeymoon to Turkey! We leave on March 23, returning home on April 6. We’ll be flying to Istanbul through Chicago, with a layover in Amsterdam on the way home. Our trip will take us to Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Ephesus, and Dydimus. We decided to bypass Trabzon due to the time of year (lots of snow in the mountains), and Gaziantep due to its proximity to the Syrian border. We plan on returning in spring to visit Trabzon at a future time. We’ll definitely share photos when we have them.

Engagement Photos Have Arrived!

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We’re really happy with how they turned out – and we hope you’ll like them too.

Check them out and let us know what you think!

Engagement Photos

 

Where oh where in Turkey should we go?

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Jeff and I are busy researching Turkey, trying to decide where exactly we want to go. There are so many exciting things to see and do… Eastern Turkey is all mountains and awesome hiking and cool sights…and Western Turkey is all beautiful sights, more hiking and fewer mountains…

 

So far, we want to see Istanbul, but beyond that, where to go?

 

Options include: Cappadocia/Goreme, Mt. Nemrut, Black Sea coast, Lycian Way (long hiking route), Gaziantep (home of baklava), Pamukkale, and more! Wow.

 

Possible activities include: hot air balloon ride, lots of hiking, lots of ruins – some of the best preserved of the ancient world, horse back riding through Cappadocia, more ruins, sea kayaking, sailing, tons of great food no matter where we go, hot springs, and of course, planes, trains and automobiles.