"Were going to sleep well tonight"

This has been our on-going phrase throughout this entire trip. Even on days that we are not off doing heaps of physical activity, getting on buses, etc all day is TIRING.

After an entire day of traveling, on to our last stop on the Turkey tour! When we arrive to Melrose's Hotel, we're greeted by an adorable pup with a collar on= safe to pat!! :), Mel offers to take us on an orientation walk around town, but everyone opts to lounge by the pool. Mine and Courtney's hotel room has a double bed and 3 singles. And...it has a top sheet!!! WooHoo! No more raw blankets. We joked about sharing the double, but played musical beds when we couldn't figure how to change the settings on the air conditioning.

Our honeymoon suite

In the morning, we walked into "town" early but nothing was really open, and there wasn't a lot going on, so we instead went back, and lounged by the pool some more. In the head of the afternoon, we headed to the one thing this town has to offer. Pamakkale has hotsprings that have formed beautiful formations. A Roman town used to be here, including the largest graveyard in Turkey. People believed that these waters were healing waters, so came here to make themselves better. Whereas the water is good for your skin, it can't cure cancer, so even though many people who were very sick arrived, over 1500 were not healed by the waters, died and were burried in this cemetary. From the looks of the formations, they look more like giang glaciers than hot springs. We got to walk down in the waters. Then, returned to the hotel to await our dreaded evening (over-night bus take 2). As we're sitting there, the guys working turn on some Turkish music, that is so fun!!

It looks like snow but its 30-40degrees!

So here we are again, back on the over-night bus. However, this time it feels like we are riding in luxury!! There are no women beating their children next to us. The seats actually recline, and have cushioned head rests. Free Wifi is available, along with a screen in front for movies and games. I'm already having better feelings towards this ride than the last!! Even though we've only been riding for about an hour and just stopped for a 30 minute break. Maybe this is why the bus rides take so long!!

This time tomorrow we'll be staying the night in Switzerland, before heading to Split, Croatia to start our cruise and do something I'm good at relaxing.  Cant wait to meet up with salsa and to see a familiar face!! See you soon salsa!!!!