As many of you know, I broke my foot  2 weeks prior to leaving for thıs amazing trip on April 1…April fool`s Day! It has turned out to be a blessing for me.  At home I normally run around at 120mph and here I am forced to slow down a bit to absorb all of the beautiful things around me.  I actually have the patience on this trıp to listen to the very educated tour guides explain the history behind all of the ancient ruins and museums that we have visited instead of runnıng through the sights quickly just to get to the next.  Yes, I have over analyed the irony that I am broken and so is everythıng around me….hmmm.  And pretty much everything I seem to touch is breakıng. Tucan and Irem were so patient and forgiving of me when I stayed wıth them in theiır beautiful home ın Bursa and my electrical converter broke and as a result blew up my blow dryer…and almost burnt down their home.  (I`m really sorry about that!)  After that, our group went to Iznik to see the kilns and ceramics where I tried my luck at creatıng my own pottery…but it broke.  So I bought a beautiful hand painted ring from Iznik instead to remind me of all the love and care that the Turkısh people have in creating jewerly here.  Later that day….it broke.  I am very grateful for these experience because I truely beleive that everything happens for a reason.  I have learned how to ask for help.  Which I have not had to do very often in Turkey because Turkısh people are the friendliest, most cariıng loving people I have ever known.  My cast comes of the day that I returned home to the USA and I am glad to be able to heal here ın Turkey.  As far as the blow dryer….who needs ıt…my hair ıs healthier as a result!  Sometimes it must be broke to be fixed.