We’re on a dream trip in Turkey!.

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Istanbul is blowing me away. Actually let me rephrase that – Turkey is blowing me away.

We spent a few days in Cappadocia hiking among the fairy chimneys, feeding stray cats and watching life unfold. We even flew in a hot air balloon! Fast forward to today where we are walking the streets of Istanbul with Brooke of Brookevstheworld.com.

We’ve seen candy being made in the streets and sold on the spot, we’ve haggled for spices at the spice market. We walked in awe within the beauty of the Hagia Sofia. We purchased some Turkish Viagra (it’s a sweet made of walnuts, honey & figs) and we even saw a fight break out over a small fender bender. Rug sellers have tried to lure us into the shops. In short Turkey has been everything we dreamed it would be and more. It’s been a dream trip.

Sometimes you get to a place and wonder if it will live up to your expectations and Turkey definitely has. I’m already dreading the day we have to leave.

My sister, Bridgette has been ooohing and aahhhing over Turkey for years now and I’ve followed in her footsteps and it’s absolutely unbelievable that Randy and I are here soaking it all up now.

For me a dream trip is a smorgasbord of factors – the people (the Turks are amazingly hospitable), the food (every corner there is another great food to try), the activities (seriously, it’s Istanbul – it has everything from culture to nightlife) and just a general feeling of experiencing new things and seeing life in a fresh way. If I get a feeling of being Tog Drunk (yes, I made this phrase up) then it’s a pretty good sign I love where I’m at. If I feel so enamored with the life around me that all I see are photos that means I’m tog drunk. Signs of tog drunkeness are losing track of time and direction and even losing items (like sweaters) that you own without realizing it for several hours. I am tog drunk in Istanbul for sure.

So I wanted to ask  – what are your dream trips?

Do you have one place that just keeps calling to you? Have you ever been able to realize that trip and if so did it live up to your expectations? What was it that made it so incredible (or on the flip side not so incredible)?

And unless your dream trip is camping sans electricity did you use any electronics on the trip to document everything in order to share it with family and friends?

I couldn’t travel without my camera and I would be seriously hindered without my MacBook and Iphone. On this trip we brought along a second computer for Randy – a netbook. It’s been pretty good but it is extraordinarily slow, painful almost. About 3 days ago I lost the USB cord for my Compact Card Reader. At the same time one of my 16GB memory cards died. I bought a replacement cord in Istanbul but discovered it doesn’t work on the Mac. We figured it would be no problem since we could just use it on the PC then transfer the files. It does work but that computer is so slow I can’t even download the images! So really why are we even carrying this thing around? Soon we’ll be receiving an Asus Eee Pad Slider and we’re psyched! We’re hoping this can replace his computer with greater speed and less weight/bulk! We can’t wait to test it out and give it a full review!

Having 500+ photos trapped on one Compact Card and then having another 16GB memory card sing it’s last tune has made me nervous for more available space – especially with the Swiss Alps happening in the next week! I gotta find another card reader to get these photos downloaded.  I have become dependent on my travel electronics – is there an electronic you can’t live without on the road – Camera, Tablet, Computer, Phone?? If so, let us know in the comments.

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