I didn’t have it in my small little budget for a car.

but we went ahead and did it anyway.

I justified it with the cost of taxis

and the cost of my time

but to be completely honest, it was a stretch to even offset a little.

but we did it anyway – I think I mentioned that.

did I mention gas here can run $12 a gallon?

well it can.

so it went from being way out of my budget,

to wayyyyyyy out of my budget.

but we did it anyway – I’m sure I mentioned that.

it was fun, as driving a car in a foreign country always is.

but it was expensive.

and I kept thinking about that.

until the sun set over the Greek islands next to our Turkish road.

and I decided to pull over to have a smoke and take it in

[both the sunset and the cigarette.]

and something about that

made me stop mentioning

and stop thinking

about how far out of my budget it was.