Tales from Turkey Part 1

Hello everyone and welcome to our blog about our travels in Turkey. As many of you know this August we moved to Ankara Turkey.  I am currently serving at the US Embassy as the Deputy Cultural Attache (Public Diplomacy Officer). 
We haven't been sending emails since our time in Poland and we decided that this time around we would start a blog so we can post pictures more easily and update our adventures more quickly. I realize I am about 3 months behind in telling you about our adventures but my hope is that over the next few weeks and in the future we can share some of our great experiences.
In September we took our first trip outside of Ankara to Capadoccia which was absolutely beautiful. We hiked a lot, stayed in a cave hotel and Brandon even got to ride a camel.  As a family we also traveled to Istanbul.  For work I have already been to Izmir, Istanbul, and Alanya.

This past week Tom and myself on seperate occasions had our first Hamam (Turkish bath experience).  This week Turkey is celebrating Kurban Bayrami (Sacrifice Holiday) and we will be going to Antalya for the time we have off.