We're back, after two months of inactivity! The last time we blogged Laine and I were wrapping up our road trip across the USA and I was on my way to Southeast Asia. Since then I've spent a month backpacking around Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos; a month working for NBC at the London Olympics; and two weeks back in the States in Washington State and Washington DC. Laine was back in Seattle for most of that time, with a couple of trips down the coast to Oregon and California.
Laine and I are back on the road now, this time traveling around Turkey and Lebanon for a few weeks before I settle into my language program in Beirut. So far we've done a little more than a week in Turkey and have seen a TON, including a few days in Istanbul, a couple of days in Cappadoccia and visits to Konya (home of the Whirling Dervishes) and Pamukkale, an old Roman spa town.
We're currently in Selcuk, a cute little town just outside of the old Roman ruins of Ephesus. We've got one more full day here before we head back to Istanbul for a day and then fly to Beirut.
That's all for now, but I'll post a few more times in the next few days to try to catch up on all the things we've missed!
