Originally Posted by
wakesetter93
My MIL was worried about the unrest in the area, only to find out they booked a trip to Turkey a few months from now

If I bothered with family and friend concerns about my travels, I'd likely not have ever left the WDC area (and still be confined to certain locations within the WDC area). Instead, I will have hit 85 countries by the end of this current trip (as well as 48/50 of the US states). lol