>>Not many places in the world with a more vibrant history - especially Istanbul.
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>And some of the best food on earth (both Istanbul and Izmir) Korfez on the Asian side of the Bosphorus will always be in my top ten.
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>http://www.korfez.com/gallery_out.html
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>Many North Americans have no idea of what an incredible tourist destination Turkey is. About 1200 miles of beaches, very good value, and food one never forgets.
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>As to the history, when I lived in Izmir my apartment building ( between Halil Rifat Pasa and Mehmet Pasa, Cetin ) was built on top of a wall that had been built by the army of Alexander the Great. I was also about 25 miles from Ephesus.
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>Incredible country.

This morning I had to change my route (dropped my kid to subway station) a bit and passed by your old house then:) "Korfez" have a good web site as I see. Wish I knew the others' too. Korfez is spectecular but only a drop in a sea (and you know what I mean:)

It is interesting that Turkey is also a very cheap country for tourists (maybe the cheapest in Europe?).

Cetin