In my pre-parenthood life I traveled a lot but, somehow, I never visited Turkey. Friends would ask why I'd never been and my answer was always that I would go when I had a child.
Turkey seemed, to me, to be a place where there were lots of loud kids running around, lot of Russian-speaking tourists (famous for their 'politeness'), and huge overcrowded hotels. Terrible! Clearly my image of Turkey was not the best.
Then, after starting a family, I thought – why not go to Turkey to celebrate my daughter's birthday? Maybe now, with family in tow, was the right time to visit.
