Turkey

TURKEY....photos only. Full update with stories to come.



Andy washing his hands in the holy water at the house of The Virgin Mary. I smell a Superbowl season! (Too bad he wasn't wearing a Gopher shirt...everyone knows they need more miracle water than the Packers...)




The hills of Turkey.



One of our last dinners on the boat.




Our last night on the ship...the view of Istanbul at dusk.



Our pool and Istanbul in the distance.






About three minutes before the downpour began...we were just sitting down for lunch at a (covered) restaurant under the bridge.



Making our way through the Grand Bazaar.




The Blue Mosque. And yes...I also covered my shoulders before entering...We all were required to remove our shoes to enter and the guys had to cover their knees.



Inside the mosque...the head covering was optional...our concierge told us we needed to. Let's just say, that material doesn't breathe well, but at least we look awesome...it hides a bad hair day, that's for sure.




Hagia Sofia



The Spice Market...and at a kiosk next-door we found....



3M Scotchbrite. Yay!




Final date night, before heading back to reality. Well, I guess reality for Andy...our Tempur-pedic bed, lunch with the girls, and beach for me...for one more month! We ate at a little restaurant on the street tonight. It provided for great people/traffic watching. This evening we witnessed two car mishaps. Both involving permanent road structures and no other vehicles. Great parking/driving people.....but hey, who are we...to judge? ;) I {heart} Ibiza.


Off to the airport soon....I'll post a full Istanbul blog as soon as i get home....including how Andy Moe saved all of the real adventures for after his parents left!! Happy birthday to him tomorrow....love you babe.

Love from Istanbul,

Jen and Andy

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Rhodes, Greece

We walked Rhodes on our own, rather than doing a tour. It was pretty uneventful....The temperature was over 100 with high humidity. It was a really cute town with lots of little shops. Not much to report, as we only stayed a few hours. Although, Andy did get to use some of his negotiating skills pinning T-shirt shop vs. T-shirt shop to get the best deal. The highlight of the day was when I got us a discount on a vase we purchased, because the store owner loved my eyes. Score. Point for Mrs. Moe and I didn't even have to use any 3M negotiation tactics!






We stopped for lunch on a rooftop cafe...here's a shot of Andy waiting for me to come down after lunch. I was enjoying the water misters and shade they had going!



A castle we stumbled upon.



Andy jumped over a guard rail so I could quickly snap this pic.




Oh Oceania....you lovely ship filled with hacking and coughing older people...that got Andy sick, which in turn....now has gotten me sick. We did beat many of those older people to take third place in sports & leisure trivia though, so I guess we are almost even. Team Seventeen Scooters for life!


Love & Memories from Rhodes, Greece

Jenny & Andy

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Cyprus

After Israel we moved onto Cyprus. While Cyprus was beautiful, it was pretty much ancient ruins and a few churches.








In fact it almost would have been classified as boring...almost. Thanks to Tom, that is no longer the case. You see, Tom had been feeling jealous that he had not been featured on the blog. He went to drastic measures in Cyprus to ensure some blog time. I must say, he was successful.

Tom crafted a brilliant plan to be one of the few (if any) tourists that walked among the ancient bath ruins. While taking a picture of the bath, he dropped his cell phone over the ledge where it split into two pieces...one piece bounced out of the area he could grasp from the fenced in walking path....resulting in this.....






Now you can't see our tour guide's face in the picture, but she was not happy...nor was Wendy. Props to Andy for whipping out the camera in time to catch these priceless moments in history. Tom, the man who walked (and laid on his belly) in the ancient bath. This will be in the textbooks, one day.


Love and memories (and really sturdy cell phones) from Cyprus,

Jen, Andy, TOM, and Wendy =)

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