Here we are back in Izmir–Kim, Yasmin and I wanted to take a few moments to update you on our last days together. We spent the last 4 days in Chios, Greece sitting up on another terrace eating delicious goat cheese, melon and local honey. We really managed to get back to the simple life–sleeping, reading, eating, swimming and then some more. Chios, Greece is the 5th largest Greek island but still retains it’s authenticity. An island whose exports are almonds, wine, oranges, limes, mastic and olives. I was lucky enough to touch some Mastic resin and it stayed on my fingers until finally the salt of the Aegean Sea washed it away! Sticky stuff- and it is used widely in beauty products.

Our apartment at Paradise Studios was nestled on the top of a hill overlooking the beautiful beach of Agia Fotini. I was amazed that such a beach existed-as it was full of the perfect skipping rocks. Kim and I packed a few away for our gardens back home.

Chios, birthplace to Homer, not Homer Simpson you Seattlites. What a lovely place.

And now we are nestled together in our Izmir hotel room avoiding prank Turkish phone calls. Yasmin and I will be headed out tomorrow to Almaty, Kazakhstan and Kim back to Assos, Turkey.  Kim is headed to Mongolia on the 24th–details to come on where she will be. Yasmin and I are really hoping that the gas shortage in Uzbekistan will not prevent the team from getting to us.

Until we post again-Opa!

I also uploaded some new photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47555946@N02/collections/72157624578165163/