Hey Folks,
Since it's late on a Sunday night and we've been swamping the blog lately with lengthy, monotonous posts, this post will be breath of fresh air.
We'd been feeling the homesick dings, dents, and doldrums of daily life in a foreign country. We decided we needed another overt travel experience - to take advantage of the opportunities we have before us. One of the prominent reasons we left the comforts and pleasures of our home in Minnesota.
On Saturday (after some delicious apple cinnamon pancakes Hilary made from scratch) we hopped on a bus to the neighboring town of Ceyhan and stopped the bus 10 minutes before the city limits at the road to Snake Castle. The castle was 3 km away at the top of a big old rocky hill.
We spent the next few hours exploring the ruins and eating a picnic lunch of granola bars, corn nuts, dried apricots, and apples. Here are the pictures: https://picasaweb.google.com/102414639040665306959/SnakeCastle?authkey=Gv1sRgCKDKtseM1YnWaA We walked back to the road, flagged down a bus, and rode back into town. We felt invigorated and revived - our appetite for adventure satiated for the time being.
Arriving home, we discovered our power was still shut off from before we left for reasons unknown. It was finally fixed this evening. All told the power was out for about 32 hours. That adventure was unwarranted and less invigorating, but I suppose we must take the good with the bad.
Hilary's birthday and Thanksgiving are on the horizon this week, so we look forward to both. They will surely be bittersweet without so many loved ones nearby.
We miss you and love you all,
Hilary and Mike
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