Below is the journal for our self-guided trip to Turkey from May 24 through June 16, 2013. We spent the first two weeks traveling with Marilyn and Mark (Ken's mom and brother), and the last week living on a boat in the Mediterranean and learning to sail.

The journal is broken up into several different sections to make it a bit more manageable.

• Ankara and Surrounding Area (May 24-28)
• Istanbul (May 29 - June 1)
• Mediterranean Coast (June 2-7)
• Sailing (June 8-16)

We've tried to make the journal entries as compact as possible while still telling you some of the interesting things that happened each day. Hopefully, we've struck the right balance. If you'd like to slog through the entire set of pictures we took while on our trip, you can check out the Gallery page.