Just another day in Turkey...

Yesterday (Monday, March 15) was a great day. It was nice to have the day to just relax and take in the sights, sounds, and of course food at the resort. Cam and I spent the day walking around our resort, which is quite a bit larger than either of us realized. We took a stroll down to the beach, and walked with our feet in the Mediterranean Sea- it was a bit chilly, but c'mon its the Mediterranean! It took all my strength not to just dive in fully clothed, but realized that may be frowned upon... We spent the rest of the day just lounging around, which was really great after a long day of traveling the day before.

I meant to bring a notebook so I could journal while I was here, but forgot to pick one up amongst all the other travel preparations. So yesterday we went down to the gift shop to pick one up, and discovered that the only book they had was a Spiderman notebook for children, AND it cost 7 Euros. We also needed to pick up shampoo, as for ease of weight for packing, we figured we didn't need to bring large shampoo bottles because they'd have it for us at the resort- ahh, not so much. We only had brought 2 small bottles that we had gotten on the cruise, and because its 'hard water', it takes quite a bit more shampoo than usual to even get a lather. So after purchasing my Spidey notebook and a small bottle of 2 in 1 shampoo, we paid 28 Turkish lira, which is about $18 USD. Hmm, not QUITE the deal I was hoping for...

The situation with the power converter has been sorted out- which is GREAT, so we are now able to use our own laptop and wireless in the hotel lobby. Yesterday, before we had figured out what the issue was, we had to use the internet cafe again. I was having so much trouble trying to figure out how to log into our hotmail account, as I couldn't find a character the same as our letter 'i'- which is pretty much essential to log into any hotma'i'l account. There were some people sitting next to us who were able to help us figure some things out, but on the other side of us, sat a very angry German man, who didn't appreciate us talking out loud. Cam informs me that he was watching some sort of streamed video about airplanes, that was freezing a lot, and perhaps he thought it had to do with our talking. After yelling at us a few more times in German, he got fed up and threw down his headphones and stormed out. So no more angry Germans for us- we'll just have to find them elsewhere, perhaps the buffet.

Terry arrived last night around 6:00 PM, and we happened to be in the hotel lobby Skype-ing with Thelma at the time, so she was able to greet him on arrival herself- that was pretty cool. He made it here alright without any problems, except he mentioned there was a delay on one of his flights for over half hour due to a duck on the runway. I asked why they didn't just shoot it, but maybe they frown upon that here...

Conference activities start tonight, so we are looking forward to meeting people from many walks of life and hearing their stories. Today we are just enjoying the beautiful weather- again about 20, but windy- no where NEAR Saskatchewan wind though! Might take in a swim or a Turkish bath (you don't actually bathe with a Turkish person, its more like a steam bath kind of thing, and you wear a bathing suit) before the activities begin.

Between the three of us, we'll do our best to soak up some sun for the rest of you at home.

Court