Dom and Aytun in Suzhou

Saturday, September 16, 2006

Istanbul


Some pics from our time in Istanbul

Aytun and her sisters

Life is hard sometimes....








Dressed up for our second wedding anniversary.


Rize

In the summer we went to Rize. It's in the northeast of Turkey, close to the Georgia border. It's where Aytun is from - they moved to Istanbul when she was about 3 - and her dad has a house there. The family were so welcoming and we are both so pleased that we went there.






Ismet taking part in some traditional dancing


The village is called Findikli - meaning 'with nuts' - guess what they grow a lot of....



It's also tea growing country. Lots of it.


Steve Perry and Mark Sears





Post baijo






World Cup 06 - random pics from the Celebration of Life

World Cup 06.

When will we bring 'it' home.....???


The final - about 5am in Macau



High hopes prior to the Portugal game


What the wife thought of the final....



Manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee, manatee.....MANATEE!!!!


Me, the missus and Digger have got the world in motion







The beautiful game


The beautiful game 2

Summer in the UK - family

Summer seeing the family - so good to see everyone.









Buy that man a new hat!