Vacation

Things I learned while on vacation:
Traveling to and from the Dodecanese can be much more difficult than it sounds.
Turkey is quite eager to gain EU membership and is not beneath groveling to get it.
MTV Europe is dominated by Germans.
SPF 50 keeps out all evidence of having spent time in the sun, even two weeks' time.
Much of "old Rhodes" is actually quite recent construction.
You must cover your shoulders and wear a skirt that covers your knees to enter a monastery--unless you brazenly walk by the entrance wearing whatever you want.
Genghis Khan was an honorific title, not a given name.
Turkish apple tea is fabulous, and probably contains no tea whatsoever.
You can be one of 13 people on a 49 foot sailboat and still get a decent night's sleep, particularly if you're one of the lucky ones to have a cabin and good air flow.
Goat in red sauce is tasty.
I can eat bunches of lightly breaded/fried little fishies whole.
Turkish rugs use two knots while Persian rugs use only one, but neither method is superior to the other.
Silk rugs are shiny and enticingly pretty.
High season in the Greek islands is meant for people whose bedtime is well past mine.
In my experience, the Greeks are wonderfully spirited, proud, and generous.