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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”

It’s been a couple of weeks since I updated the blog, so I thought I’d provide a quick update on what we’ve been up to, which is a lot more of the same really, but really enjoyable. We’ve tended to spend the week with my parents, which I’ve really enjoyed and has also worked wellContinue reading “Goodbye friends & family. Next stop Antalya, Turkey”

We spent the week with our parents, which after 4 months away has been nice to do, just helping out with some of the mundane tasks whilst doing the fun stuff too. After the morning exercise program, we’ve taken some really lovely early morning walks with my mum along the banks of the River Ouse.Continue reading “Looking in on family and catching up with friends.”

The quarantine period wasn’t too bad and whilst we stayed at my brothers, who was out of town, we took the opportunity to sort through some of our stuff that hadn’t quite managed to make it into storage. We decided that we’d keep to our early morning exercise routine, followed by a good walk, swappingContinue reading “Released from quarantine!”

We’ve pretty much used up our 90 day European allowance, so as planned we headed back to the UK to look in on family and friends, before moving on again. Our final week was a mixed bag weather wise, we had some heavy rain whilst the higher levels got snow! And the temperature gauge hadContinue reading “Bye bye Canaries, back to the UK for a few weeks.”

Where we are staying, sits between 2 bell towers (stereo) and whilst it’s been really nice to hear the bells sounding out, it has also made us very aware of our mortality. The bells ring every 15 minutes. At quarter past it chimes once, at half past twice, three times for quarter to the hourContinue reading “A chilled Week”

This was our last week at “Calle de Fragata 4” and on reflection, it has been an enoyable stay, with great walks, a very welcoming tennis club and the interesting Playa de Jardin to march along every morning at dawn. We’ve been deliberating for the past few weeks on where to go to next andContinue reading “Calle Esquivel – Puerto de la Cruz”