Eliza and Ash have sent photos of a Dash and Bella.They are not missing me one bit.Dash's hairstyle is due to living with a hairdresser!And they love sharing the couch with Eliza!And apparently, Dash runs along on a lead while Ash skateboards!I have a lot to live up to!

Realised after the last 2 trips that you really need to take photos to remember all your travel companions.Here they are.

Up at 4am for a spectacular Hot Air Balloon ride over Cappadocia!Just magical.Adding photos now ... We caught 2 mini buses to Cappadocia, had a small breakfast as they took all our details and then back into the mini vans and taken to a field outside of the town and watched as the balloon was inflated.Emily crossed the road to take photos and was talking to a man who turned out to be our pilot.He was saying there were 100 balloons in the valley that morning.He ha...

Pine trees were everywhere when we were around Gallipoli and Kusadasi.Wild ones or cultivated fields of themSome only 12 inches high, just planted.And Oleanders are everywhere in the built up areas.The Pine trees have given way to Olive trees now and there are Poplars in amongst them. It's very, very dry and dusty.Not surprising with the temperatures.A lot of fences built out of rock, but crumbling.Food stalls, pottery stalls all along the way we are travelli...

On the bus at 8.30am after a lovely night in this beautiful placeJust rang you Mum!XxxAfter a visit to the Turkish Rug demonstration.First of all, on the bus to the open air museum of Goreme.Huge, enormous rock formations everywhere and houses and churches carved into the Rock.Took heaps of photos and just wandered.The small underground churches were amazing.They had Roman columns carved out of the rock inside to make them look authentic, if that's the word.A...