I won!  Today we arrived in the beautiful town of Gocek near the sea.  It is Jaimi`s birthday so today so we attended a fabulous BBQ tonight.  As usual, there was plenty of delicious Turkish food.  Jaimi scouted out a very tasty treat for Scott and I to try….Grilled Lamb Heart….I ate my portion but Scott did not.  Lamb Heart is very very tough and chewy.  I do not need to try this yummy treat again… 

Hi There.  Angıe here again.  I know!  I know!  You have not heard from me at all and now 2 blogs ın a row.  This is a direct result of a rare combınatıon of free time AND computer access!!  Scott and I have an eating challenge going on.  Our entire team loves the Turkish food here and we cannot seem to stop eating. However, Scott and I have commıtted to tryıng EVERYTHING.  In Istanbul, we both ate an entıre fısh, head, spıne and entıre body with one drop into the mouth.  A few days ago, Jaimi found a delicious intestine soup for us to eat.  Appartantly you eat thiıs after you have been drınkıng to prevent a hangover.  It was horrible and now I understand why one must drink alot before eatiıng this soup! Jaimi was also kind enough to find some Turkish liver for us to try too.  Yummy!!  At least I got the smaller of the 2 pieces!  I cannot wait to see what she finds for us today….  

We feel like all we are doing here is eating. Not only are we getting three meals a day – each with several courses, we are also having tea (and often a snack) mid-day and lunch and dinner always seems to have dessert attached to them - often more than one kind of dessert. We all want to try everything – most of it has been very good, but we are also realizing that we are eating way more than we usually do. It’s a good thing that we are doing so much walking when we go site seeingJ I brought a bunch of snacks from home that I haven’t broken into yet – including a jar of peanut butter – thinking that I might be hungry at some point or want to eat something that reminds me of home, but now I am thinking that I might be giving a host family a jar of “American Peanut Butter” as a gift so that I don’t have to keep carrying it with me.

Although I have known that I would be going on this trip for several months, it is hard for me to believe that it is already here. I got dropped off at the airport at about 8:30 p.m. for a 10:30ish flight from Detroit to Frankfurt. I met up with Jana while checking in and we then found Mark and Angie at Chili’s. Scott joined shortly after. We all headed to the gate together and the flight was not that crowded. I sat across the aisle from Jana and Scott with two empty seats next to me. Mark was sitting one row ahead of us and since Angie is on crutches (with a broken foot) she had her seat moved forward in the plane. We chatted a bit before take-off, but once we were in the air, I turned on Enchanted, watched about 30 minutes and fell asleep and slept the rest of the almost 9 hour flight – missed dinner, missed breakfast, which were served in the middle of the night our time.

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