Last of Hurrahs

Nov. 8, 2022 As several of you know, we returned to Akron safe and soundish. I am grateful for the pilots and air navigation systems for finding and landing where we intended, double ply toilet paper, hot water coming from the left tap and cold from the right, no chance of encountering squat toilets, potable tap water, good coffee (Turkish coffee sucks as does their version of latte and cappuccino), adjusting to our time zone despite the return to standard time, having more than one pair of shoes to wear, having clean underwear, not riding a bus, waking when I want to. Although I watched over David like a hawk, he did have a fall on our trip. In transferring from the gulet to the dinghy, the seat he sat on was unsteady. He fell backwards onto a pile of thick ropes. He has had X-rays and there is no breakage. He's on muscle relaxants and things are improving. As for me, I made it all the way without a fall, managed to do six loads of laundry the day we returned, grocery shopped the next day, then tripped over our collapsible shopping cart and fell on the concrete floor of the garage. I was sore for a day, but am fine now and no bruising. Believe it or not, we're talking about our next trip. It will have to be easier, but we're game. Albania? Georgia? Macedonia? The Stans? Toby