Ephesus, Turkey and At Sea October 26 and 27

The turkey that never was... I was supposed to be on a tour of the Best of Ephesus. Instead I stayed up playing poker, drinking and hanging out with the boys way too late. So when 6am came around, there was no way I was going to get up. I spent the 26th being lazy and hanging around the spa. I got a facial and recovered from yet another late night of drinking and gambling. We left Turkey at 4pm and I only got to look at it from the boat.

On the 27th, I spent another afternoon at the spa. I got this weird mud/detox treatment. I think it was a bit of bull myself, but it was nice. Afterwards I entered a couple of poker tournaments. I almost made it second in one of them. If I had only folded, I would have been guaranteed money. But I'm an idiot and I played a hand I shouldn't have. I keep kicking myself over that play.

The dude in the picture is one of the other poker players I mentioned earlier, Jersey Rick. He was on the boat with his mom and had purchased a film that he was producing. He invited me to a screening and then to dinner with them afterwards. We had been flirting and I thought he was cute, but he was a bit of an ass to me. But we took a cute picture together. His mom was adorable.

Tonight I was a good girl and went to bed early. Tomorrow I am hiking Vesuvius and Pompeii and I don't want to be feeling hung over or tired. I'm actually very excited at the prospect of getting some exercise and standing on an active volcano.