Simi, Greece

Hello from Simi,

We've made it down the coast from Istanbul to Maramis, have sailed since last Saturday, and just motor sailed into Simi today.

It's been an experience to arrange our touring and transportation along the way, and to email. Sometimes I haven't been able to get through because of oddities with the language and keyboards, so I apologize for the typos. The Turkish keyboard has the @ symbol in a different location and the "I" is also different, not to mention the punctuation.

Anyway, we're learning the difference between ancient and medieval. We've also learned that some of these older names we've heard about may have been macho and also gay. But maybe that was just of tour guide making stuff up about the time that men spent together in the Turkish baths. I did have a Turkish bath in Bursa, and loved it.

We've seen a replica of the Trojan Horse, the many markers of the Australians and New Zealanders that lost their lives in Galopoli, and what a major piece of land that was in WWII. Ephesus was much further back in history and of so phenomenal. I figure those who love to do jigsaw puzzles are the ones who may be prospects to be archaeologists. It's amazing to see what they're able to come up with from so many thousands of years ago.
We learned that marble can melt so some of the history can't be recreated.

The sailing has been great. We've had good winds. Got the boat up to 8.6 knots with a double reef. Today we motor sailed all day. Simi is a quaint Greece town, with wonderful food. And what a beautiful night. Almost a full moon, so we haven't focused on the stars too much yet.

I'll be in Turkey until 29 Sept when I head to Barcelona. I've learned that my host family is 5 minutes from the school in Sevilla so am excited about that.

More when we return to Turkey.