Championes In Town

[Pompeyalbie]

I did speak to a couple swimming towards the warmer water nearer the shore. Hope you had a great day, we did. I swam at all stops except the last one as that one, normally the first stop, the water is always a lot colder than elsewhere.

[Pompeyalbie]

Another great day out on the Yildiz 3 with Adem at the helm, only 10 onboard so plenty of room to relax & chill. Just for a change we did a reverse route off in the direction of Kalamar Bay. It was a bit choppy at the mud bath stop so he went to another little bay. Typical the time I don't bring my waterproof camera case and I see loads of fish while snorkelling. How they conjure up such delicious meals in that tiny galley I'll never know. Seems I spoke to PW on one of the stops, nice to know there's another member out here.
Back on dry land we popped to Goz to get someone's new reading glasses, £70 which she claims to have seen in Boots for £146 plus lenses. Next stop on the way back to the car was MissSilver to get the repaired bracelet, typical Ozay there was no charge for fixing someone else's incompetence.
Chilling out at the apartment with a cold Efes in front of a buffering Kodi, not hungry enough to eat out tonight.
No real plans for tomorrow except to go for a trout lunch up at Islamlar & I might have a Turkish Bath in the afternoon. After talking to fellow passengers Baharat got some recommendations so might make that our "new" place to eat after I've had a shave, 2 days growth to test the barbers skills at finding a whisker.

[Haybo]

Morning! Are you having too much fun?....desperate for any crumbs you can throw us!

46 sleeps........

[Pompeyalbie]

Sorry for not keeping up my tales but we didn't do much after going out on the boat. Having been numerous times we've covered all the local sites on a lot of occasions and it's a bit boring for Janet to sit under a tree while I went exploring.
On Friday we went along the coast road to Kas market seeing as we missed the Kalkan one, all we bought were some fruit teas and a pancake with honey. Went back & had a wander around town before settling for lunch at Fener and watching the world go by. Spent the afternoon by the pool chilling. We had dinner at Baharat, after I'd been to Eddie for a shave, I had this amazing stuffed calamari while Janet went for sea bass, they had a tempting Ameretto Tiramisu but only had one so I ended up with an ice cream cocktail as janet nabbed it first.
Saturday we went in to town to see if Belma had anything new in for Janet to wear for my eldest son wedding but no joy this time. We then went on a road trip to Islamlar via the long route stopping off at Bezirgan on the way. Looks like they are building a new road from the village towards Kalkan. The automatic car seemed to take climbing the mountains with ease compared to manual  cars in the past. What with chickens crossing the road then a squirrel running over, didn't know there were squirrels in Turkey, our next roadblock was a cow just stood there in the middle of the road. We had lunch at our usual stop for grilled trout the Village Cafe, trout with shepherds salad with a fabulous view at a crazy cheap prize, we thoroughly recommend it. Dinner that night was at Ramis place Smyrna, I had the mixed grill while janet went for a chicken dish which had a small jacket potato but when you cut into it the middle had been hollowed and filled with cheese then heated again. For desert Janet had a fried ice cream while I went for a crepe.
Sunday was another chilling day by the pool being our last day, we had a stroll around the harbour and sat at the bottom of the red lighthouse watching the men fishing then lunch at Fener again under the green lighthouse. On the way back to the car we called in to pick up someone's latest bit of bling, come on you didn't expect her to come to Kalkan and not leave without something from MissSilver did you, a ring with stones which change colour in different light conditions. Being Mothers Day the brothers gave her a gift of some earrings.
indropped Janet back at the apartment & went to Atlantis Wellbeing for a Turkish Bath, the makeover they've done is really good. Dinner on our last night is always Alternatif but not before another trip to Eddie for a haircut & a shave, after an hour in there I felt great. We both had our first streaks of the week, beautifully cooked to how we liked them, I went for the chefs steak with onions, mushrooms & a pepper sauce while Janet had a plain fillet followed by ice cream while I had a banana split.
Monday was our day to come back, I'd made plans to stop off at Calis on the way back for breakfast with a fellow Pompey fan who now lives there who we found out 2 days before just happens to one of Janet's old friends in the NHS that she hadn't seen for a few years, small world. Cruising down the D400 we came across a flock of sheep in the road followed by 2 camels and a donkey in front, typical no chance to grab my camera to get a photo.
Well that's it for a few months, looks like we'll be back in October so Janet can have another catch up with her friend.

[Bob & Jayne]

 Thank you for a fab report Pompeyalbie, sounds like you had a great time 

[janeb]

Really enjoyed your reports; thank you very much.

[Haybo]

your first 'streaks' of the holiday...I'd have been glued to the webcam if I'd known!!

[tortoise lady]

Thank you for adding some new pictures to the Gallery.   The lamb shank looked good as did the cocktail at Sade.   

Hope the photos have inspired others to add them - must admit my grasp of technology is probably unequal to the task.  Perhaps I can persuade a more competent family member to add some.

[Pompeyalbie]

Been trying to add some more but obviously ones taken by camera as opposed to phone are too big so will try & resize them.

[Chris_S]

Yeah - the limit is awkward - I've posted previously that the size is too small to be resizing camera pictures when you're on holiday.

And when you get home - there's too many other things taking over your time!

Perhaps that needs re-appraising by the moderator/host.

[kalkan4eva]

Just catching up with your blog, Pompeyalbie! Thanks for posting, really enjoyed reading about your stay - how quick was that over? Lucky you, coming back in October! Lucky for Miss Silver too