Turkey - Part 1

Greetings from Ankara! It is day 3 here, and I still cannot find the apostrophe key. It is also mildly difficult to type the letter i because the Turkish ı is where the English i usually is. Tricky, tricky. So far, Ankara is an interesting city. A bit messy, with lots of hills and uneven sidewalks, but it has some beautiful modern buildings and sculptures, lovely parks, a very impressive replica of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, and crazy winding bazaars. Derek (my partner in archaeological crime) and I have visited the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations and spent quite a long time in the library of the British Institute, which we are affiliated with while staying here. We hope to visit Gordion next week - the site of the tomb of King Midas - before leaving for Antalya in southern Turkey on Thursday.