Because I live on Cape Cod, it’s very difficult for me to look at a place and call it “beautiful”. Cities and towns that I visit in Upstate New York and Turkey are pretty, but the bar has been set so high that it’s difficult to make comparisons, particularly with coastal cities. Cappadocia came close, but the words I chose to describe it were “stunning” and “amazing”. It WAS beautiful, but it still didn’t compare to Wellfleet.

               However, this weekend I decided to visit Bodrum, a small city on the south west coast of Turkey. It didn’t take me long at all- before I got off the airport bus, actually- to determine that this place is the most beautiful place I have ever set eyes on.