THIS IS HOW YOU LOOK WHEN YOU HAVE JUST HAD TWO SCOOPS OF FABULOUS MADO ICE CREAM - ORANGE AND RASPBERRY.
In spite of having gone to sleep after 1am I wake up in our hideous room just before 6am. The one very nice thing is that the internet works perfectly, and I can upload my photos and fuss around with my blog, with which I have been obsessed throughout the whole trip (thank you Lilian for all your comments - I wonder if anybody else read it as faithfully). My curiosity is spiked by sunlight slanted in on the building so close in front of our window. If I twist my head out the window, I can see the sea. When eventually we get up and hurry through the smoke-smelling corridor to our breakfast, we see a pleasant yacht harbor and park scenery right outside. On go our walking shoes and we stroll in the sun all along the pier and beach - where we see weather-tanned men scoring out artichokes bottoms incredibly quickly, interesting public exercise equipment next to the jogging path, and more restaurants than we can count setting up for the Sunday crowd, with the odd sheep or rooster thrown in as an added family attraction. We meander through a very upscale residential area in search of the Mado ice cream place, we saw from the shuttle yesterday, and which I tasted in Ankara. It is a bit of a challenge to order, since the menu is in Turkish and the waiter speaks no English. After some more random walking we head back to the hotel for a rest in the air conditioning and final packing. Before leaving in the same ‘shuttle’, we have a couple of fresh artichoke bottoms in a vinaigrette sauce, salad and fresh white cheese, accompanied by a couple of very cold Efes beers. We also (shhh) have some French fries (they were out of eggs). Back in the old Renault we go and quickly reach the airport. As I write this I am sitting midway between Turkey and France, delighted to have had this lovely trip and excited about going home to hug my son and the waiting animals.
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