Our suite in the hotel!

In the lobby

Fontina and Basak

Hanging out in the heat

I'm in Turkey!

Hotel from the beach

Scenery

Flowers grow like weeds around here.

A nice meal

Bazaar - tourist style

View to the castle (built in 1406!)

Enjoying the rooftop music

Views from the hotel

The dolmus busses that take you around town. They pick you up anywhere!

Basak, her mom and sister - pre-ceremony

At the ceremony. The woman to the left is the official from the city.

The camera man and his bright light, documenting everything!

The happy couple!

Basak's parents doing a special Turkish dance

They collected gold coins from everybody as they went around to the tables.

Cutting the cake!

More dancing!

The bride, finally sitting after greeting 400 people!

Meanwhile...

Leaving the hotel for more adventure

Scenery

Bodrum

Scenery from the bus

Izmir waterfront

Turkish sweets! :)

Turkish nuts: chick peas cooked and covered with special flavoring

In an ancient mosque

Multi-tasking

Sunset in Izmir

And morning again!

Old man posing for a photo

Full-fledged, real, Turkish bazaar, finally.