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Sigh...last days

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 Thursday, August 11, 2022 Okay, this is kind of a place holder!!  I'll write about today;  but right now I'm going to join Ammar for dinner before the taxi whisks me away at 1:30 a.m.  Sure wish these flights left at a civilized hour!! So - Thursday:  I've got a little shopping to do, so after breakfast we decide to walk to the Old City instead of taking a cab.  We need the exercise and we always talk more easily walking than in a taxi.  I know what I want and Ammar says he knows where to get it.  And he's right;  I should never argue!  last latte! "Royal Benedict and arugula salad" The Lamplighter You don't usually get to see the artist touching up his work! The churchkhela It was a nice walk, but it will be a nicer cab ride back home.  I need to pack and see what I can do about staying under the 22 kg (50 pound) weight limit.  That will mean putting small, heavy things in my back pack and saying another prayer to the travel gods! When I'm done we me
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Last Adventure

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 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 This lovely estate also includes breakfast!  Ammar is able to get his espresso and I have my latte. Soon dishes begin appearing.  Basically it is a Turkish breakfast but with cottage cheese instead of sliced wonder dairy and there isn't any halvah.  We were told last night that pick-up would be at 10:00 so it's a relaxed morning and we're ready at ten when Daviti (I learned later that his name is Zaza!) texts and says how about 10:25.  Well, it's not like we can say, "No"!  It's a bit later than that when a car pulls up for us.  It's not our George, but it is a George and he turns out to be very accommodating and understands that yesterday wasn't ideal.  Together we work out a plan, after I get over being annoyed that two things I was really looking forward to can't actually happen in August!  Seems like a tour operator would know that. I think these sunflowers are waiting for the sun! Anyway, we load our things and
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