Hello! Today I slept in...this is big for me. I am on vacation but not sleeping in. It is very wierd. In Trabazon I bet I will rise with the sun and then go to bed at sundown which would be AMAZING. After a good nights rest Senol and I went to a park overlooking Istanbul and then to catch a boat for a bosphorus tour...but it was raining so decided against it. Instead I went to see dolmabache palace and he visited his uncle. Dolmabach Palace has 285 rooms, I didn't see all of them but it is extravagent. Before the palace was built the Turks borrowed money from European countries and then bought a few decorations in the style of French Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassic. The palace is packed with crystal, gold leaf and handwoven carpets. Interesting to see that much money stuck in a building. Here is a picture of the side door and one of the view from the palace gates.
It was good talking with you yesterday morning. Awaking in the morning with the chickens (as mom would say) and going to bed when they roost makes me feel good - there is something about that natural rhythm. Noah and Makenna spent the night - mom and I walked the paseo with them through the tunnel to peek through the fence at the club house. There were some neighbors there enjoing the last summer Sunday evening. Makenna and Noah love the tunnel and loud echoes, we saw the fishies (as Makenna says) at the rebuilt house, and ran (at least they did) home. It was fun. They and mom are sleeping now, Hula patrolling the back yard, Sugar and Pablo checking the house. All is quiet.
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