We showed the film on Yassi Ada to our Japanese friends. We invited divers, captains, and some other people. All the diver friends enjoyed the film, and they were impressed at what INA did in 1960’s. They did not know about the scale of operation that INA had at that time. The film is old, of course, but it seem like they did not care much. They saw George and Claude much younger than they are today. I thought it was a good idea to have this party because I think they realized what Nautical Archaeology is about and they have great respect to the pioneers of this field of study. It’s difficult to explain what is Nautical Archaeology and how the project is organized. Showing a film can be powerful. I should put Japanese subtitled on this film, because not many people understood the details. But I was surprised that they got the main ideas. Well, I should mention to them that there are better/proper ways of carrying an amphora to the surface than what they showed in the film.

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Rain, rain, rain!!!! So read all day and watched a little sumo wrestling on TV.

In the evening, after dinner, Claude had reserved a large room with lots of refreshments and invited the entire team to see his film of our work at Yassiada, Turkey, in 1961-1962, to give an idea of how we developed some techniques of underwater excavation. There were in addition to the Turkish/Japanese team, a Tur

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While the team goes and works diving on the Ertugrul we are having a great time going around. Although a 5 star japanese hotel meant for spa and relaxation is not the ideal place for my two kids (Ada -4- and Bora -2-) to run around I have been so surprised by the kindness of the people here, everyone has been much more tolerant than I expected, in fact, much more affective that I ever though it could be possible. ... by now (13 days) Ada and Bora think the hotel is theirs and have already master the elevators, so they leave the room and go exploring.... special thanks to the reception girls that keep them inside.

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