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Our 3 Months are up in Turkey and as this is was our last week. We’d decided to take it easy and leave a few things to do when we return, Yep we’ve decided that we’re going to return in September although we’re not sure for how long. I’m loving our little daily routine ofContinue reading “Our final week in Turkey, back to the UK for a while”

We’ve had guests staying for the week, which has been great fun. Rachel & Keith rolled into town Tuesday evening and it was great to see them. Wednesday was a chilled day by the pool, but before then, Keith and I went for a early swim in the bay. I’m used to swimming alone, soContinue reading “Friends in town – A boat trip, an ancient city & good food”

We decided to hire a gulet for the day. A Gulet is a typical wooden Turkish cruising yacht. It has a large, rounded stern area which is well-suited for comfortable eating and lounging. Our skipper “Yas”had messaged us the night before to confirm that there were no issues with the weather, so on Sunday morningContinue reading “A boat trip and mooching around”

We’ve been pretty lazy since we arrived 10 days ago, just lounging around the pool and gazing out across this wonderful vista. But we have managed a couple of swims, another trip to the farmers market and some delicious dinners. On Thursday we received our first visitors here, Christien and his best friend Brad, whichContinue reading “Guests in town & the Saklikent Gorge”

We loaded the taxi with our 4 cases and a couple of boxes, filled with foodie bits, essentially provisions that we’ve taken a liking too and weren’t sure that we’d be able to get outside of Antalya, together with some kitchen utensils that we seem to end up buying in every country we land inContinue reading “Kisler – Kalkan”

We’ve really enjoyed the six weeks that we’ve spent here in Kaleici and although the last couple of weeks with the virus have slowed us down somewhat, we’ve still managed to get out for some interesting walks and some tasty lunches. We’ve met some wonderful people here, who’ve really made us feel welcome, but it’sContinue reading “Times up in Kaleici – Off to Kalkan”

The temperatures have now settled into the low, to mid twenties, which makes getting out to the great restaurants and local sights a lot more fun. We’ve also been trying to dip more into the local culture, the only downside with all this increased social interaction is the increased Covid threat, which I inevitably cameContinue reading “From the freedom of Termessos to Covid captive”

The local sights and sounds still have us under their spell and haven’t yet failed to raise a smile as we immerse ourselves in this cultural city. It’s also finally begun to warm up. After visiting the museum last week, we couldn’t not go to Perga, especially after discovering the majority of the artefacts withinContinue reading “The ancient city of Perga and the Kursunla Falls”

We’ve had another enjoyable week and although temperatures have been in the single digits (not helped by the strong northerly winds), the cobalt skies have been bathed in bright sunshine and we’ve actually started to get used to wrapping up, apparently it’s the coldest it’s been here for this time of year for over 20Continue reading “Antalya Museum, high winds and the cool weather”

We had a cab pick us up from my brothers house at 9:00am, to take us to London Stanstead for a midday flight. We normally fly from LHR, but the flight times were either leaving too early, or arriving too late. Our flight was landing at 10pm local time (+3hrs GMT). Those of you whoContinue reading “Kaleici – Antalya”