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Life is Good!

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 02-26-2022 We're actually up at about the same time!  That's a treat! Yoga and messages and such and we're off to find breakfast.  It's free at the casino!  We're still spending the casino's money, so we play a little and have a delicious Turkish breakfast and play a little more before going home for some rest and conversation. Along the way we stop into a pet store to see if they sell dogs.  They don't. This is a little disturbing! Enormous Turkish breakfast! Our new home away from home! I've seen several of these, so I need to know what it means! Support is everywhere. Isn't this the coolest entrance? Such a sad little face!  There are street dogs, too, but I'm a cat person! Just love the architecture In the afternoon we go back to collect come free, early dinner and then go upstairs in the Raddison for a couple's massage.  Mine is Swedish and the lady has hands of steel!  It feels great until later when I realize that some of the pain was...

It's a Vacation!

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 02-25-2022 You can tell you're on vacation when you don't have to set the alarm! It was a lovely, leisurely start to the day;  but eventually we went down to the office and talked with our new best friend about a place for lunch and a massage appointment for tomorrow. We followed her luncheon advice and discovered a lovely little bakery called entree that has baked goods, sandwiches, salads and coffee.  I chose a salmon sandwich with dill sauce on (honest-to-god it was) black bread!  So yummy!   I just love our hotel's little office! I guess if you get up on time you can have breakfast in here! Look at all these glorious breads! From there we wandered our neighborhood, eventually winding up at the Black Diamond Hotel, where Ammar spent the five days before I arrived.  It is on a main street with gorgeous old buildings and it was hard to quit taking pictures!   While cruising we encountered an "Art Massage" place and thought we'd give it a tr...