Monday, April 28, 2008

Turkish delight

I'm back! From a whirlwind trip to Istanbul, Kayseri, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Ephesus, Selcuk, Kusadasi, and Izmir.

I'm still quite overwhelmed, so it'll be a while before I can actually get down to writing about the trip coherently.

Oh, and Nadal won the Monte Carlo Open! Hoorayyyy! For the fourth consecutive time!

The Empress is very pleased indeed.

10 comments:

Narendra shenoy said...

You lucky one! Tell me, is Pamukkale really as good as it looks in the pictures?

I've been meaning to take the missus to Turkey where they bung aunts (or is it odalisques) into the Bosphorus

Empress of Blandings said...

Yes indeed! It's absolutely amazing. (And I'm not very good at taking pictures, I just get too overwhelmed gaping at the beauty of it all!)_

Oh that's a very good idea.. I'm sure your m. would love it :)
PS: If they bunged Aunt Agatha into the B., would she holler for Macintosh?

Narendra shenoy said...

I would not put it past Mrs. Spencer Gregson to attempt the action suggested by you, sir, said Jeeves.

I say, Jeeves, would there be any chance of getting young Empress of Blandings to turn off the word verification.

I doubt it very much sir, but I will give the matter my keenest attention

Empress of Blandings said...

The Empress hovered in front of the screen, letting "I dare not" wait upon "I would".
Mr Fink-Nottle, in a state of considerable inebriation induced by spiked orange juice, bounced a tennis ball off her, and she squealed and trod on the cowering Word Verification scheme, giving it a cauliflower ear and rendering it unsuitable for further employment.

Narendra shenoy said...

HaHaHa! The Empress rocks! You should post more often, ma'am!

Empress of Blandings said...

Thank you, kind sir :-D. But I'm usually so caught up reading all the good stuff you and other awesome bloggers write, I end up not updating my own blog!

John Doe said...

ur back :) is the tour a part of ya work?

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