Well, we are now into our second continent – Asia.  Europe is now behind us.  We passed through the area that had been hit by the earthquake in November.  Half collapsed houses, tents and broken road was still very much in evidence.  It must be bitterly cold for people still living in tents.  The area is fairly close to Istanbul, so I guess the city was lucky.  We travelled around Ankara and stopped at a rather nice hotel on the South side.  We are most unaccustomed to the level of service that we received and weren’t quite sure how we were expected to behave.