The Long and Winding Road.......

For all this mumbo-jumbo we've been talking there is only one certainty that I know of.......and that is nothing, no man, no machine, and certainly no deity could pour a gin and tonic that Wallace couldn't drink.......

At the moment I'm sitting at my new friend Vedat's house listening to my favorite turkish blues album and, as all blues does, it has put me in the finest of moods...........much like a beer and a Morrison overtime goal might....

My time on the island was well spent....it was great to have a place all to myself with a full refrigerator and quiet....the calm after the storm.....The first couple days were spent doing nothing except drinking beer, reading philosophy and writing my first hand-written letter in ages.... a trifecta recommended to anybody with a lot of time on their hands.....

On the fourth day i went into the city and bought myself a saz, a turkish folk instrument sort of like a guitar but with a long neck and a bulbous body......makes that distinctive middle-eastern sound......so to the trifecta i added rocking out some blues......

As for Vedat, he's the boyfriend of Jeff's cousin Raquel.......I went over to their house for a BBQ one of the nights and ever since Vedat has taken it upon himself to act as my tour guide/caretaker......great man...

The nightlife on the island is pretty cool......everybody sort of congregates in the main square and just hangs out....there is a club on the island but i was informed that it's a "high society" type of place......ie: $50 at the door......don't need clubbing that badly.......tomorow night Vedat is taking to me to Rena, the best club in europe says the turks.......it also happens to be my last night in turkey so here's to making my 9 am flight!

Anyway, it looks like my time has come.........I can't condense the trip down to a few sentences so I won't even try, but it has been great.......especially Jeff's family and all their help etc....

In the words of the esteemed modern poet Eminem "It's back to reality...."

The thought of going home has just overwhelmed me.....i guess that's a good thing!

ryan