{"id":110,"date":"2014-06-18T19:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ioniaguesthouse.com\/?p=110"},"modified":"2014-07-08T14:02:19","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T11:02:19","slug":"why-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ioniaguesthouse.com\/?p=110","title":{"rendered":"Why Turkey?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right now we’re still in the UK, but our plans for the big move are firming up. Sirem has left her job and I am in the last few weeks of mine. All our furniture will be stuffed into a shipping container and sent by sea on the 15th of July. We should be completing the house sale on the 18th of July, and will fly out to Turkey on the same day. The cats will be going ahead of us, travelling overland across Europe with the help of\u00a0the nice people at Paws Kennels and Cattery<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once we’re out there, and once we get our internet connection sorted out, the blog will get a lot more practical. We’ve got some immediate jobs to do like modernizing the bathroom in the old farmhouse, digging drainage ditches up in the orchard, and harvesting our first batch of figs. All that should mean lots of progress photos, of course.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, some friends have asked why we’ve chosen southwest Turkey for our big plan. I think the easiest way to answer that is with some photos from previous visits.<\/p>\n

\"Restaurant<\/a>

K\u00f6y Sofras?<\/a> restaurant in Kirazl?, about 20km from our place<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Valley<\/a>

Valley in the hills nearby<\/p><\/div>\n

\"G\u00fclet<\/a>

G\u00fclet (yacht) moored in beautiful Aegean waters<\/p><\/div>\n

\"View<\/a>

View from a hilltop looking out towards the Greek islands<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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