Into Incirlik Village

Karen and I ventured off base for the first time last weekend. We went to a very popular restaurant called The Moonlight Cafe in Incirlik Village, just outside the gate. The food was very good. We had chicken kabob, humus, bread, salad, and water melon for desert. We also had "The Special Tea" which is a must have if you eat there. Incirlik is rather small. Unfortunately, it will be a few months before we have our computer and can download our digital camera. But I did find this photo on the Internet to give you a feel of the flavor of The Village:

Credit to Fred Moore who has an excellent page on the net with detailed information about The Village at http://www.merhabaturkey.org/1MOOREFindex.html . I would disagree with Fred in just one area. You can most definitely get authentic Turkish food at The Moonlight Cafe. There were a few locals there when Karen and I ate there. Adana is a few miles further away with many more modern experiences we have yet to see.

Work is going well. I have not even gotten half way through inprocessing and they have me seeing patients already. My coworkers have had some very nice TDYs to Izmir, Ankara, Venice, and Istanbul. Maybe I will get one of those in the next two years.

Kori: if you read this - a coworker I have here is going to participate in a marathon in Istanbul. The cool thing about this one is it starts in Asia on one continent and goes across the bridge n Istanbul and ends in another continent - Europe. http://www.istanbulmarathon.org/

Karen and I wanted to let everyone know that we have very limited computer access. We are both on a computer today at the library. But that is a rare occurrence. Normally, we are only able to get on one of two computers at lodging and those have a 15 minute time limit. Most of that we use trying to pay bills back in the states. So if we aren't e-mailing you, it's simply because we can't access a computer.