Die Türkei

For the first week of a two week Fall Break we took off for a fun filled week on the Turkish Riviera.  Before booking this trip I had never even heard of the "Turkish Riviera" nor the city we flew to and stayed into.  Antalya, Turkey really truly could have been Cancun, Mexico. We flew into a rather small airport with a ton of vacation shuttle buses parked and ready to transport We went to Cancun with them and our other friends, the Warrens back in 2014!! 

vacationers to their respective resorts.  We passed shanty towns and run down areas before arriving on "The Strip"  It was really like Cancun collided with the Las Vegas strip with a bit of Miami at Spring Break thrown in.  This is not our normal style of vacation but after 6 countries (mostly big, European capital cities) for long 3 day weekends, we were all ready for a vacation that was actually lie by the beach or pool, swim in the sea and read books type of vacation. 

We had discussed the Greek Islands but waited too long and all of the direct flights became so expensive (relatively speaking... airfare within Europe is still insanely cheap no matter how long you wait to book) and we also discussed the The Portuguese Algarve but that didn't pan out either.  Our good friends, The Kitcheners, also had school break from their school in the U.K. and were on board for the same type of relaxing vacation.  Actually, one of the only other times we took a vacation of this nature, the Kitcheners were along for that too.

The resort, Limak Lara, was really super nice.  It was an all inclusive place and the food was really amazing.  It was mostly buffet style and although as one tends to do at a buffet, we did get a little tired of eating at the same place breakfast and dinner (lunches had different options) We really didn't tire of the selection.  And the presentation and quality were really top notch. 

The kids loved having endless food and drink options and all in all we all had a very relaxing and rejuvenating time.  The kids rate it the very top of all of our 7 vacations/countries since we have moved here.  Well, Josie rated her 6th grade camp trip a few notches above.