A Day out in Izmir

We took our friends Ken and Betty to Izmir for a day out. They fancied touring the bazaar. It doesn't matter how many times we go there, we always discover something new.

This delightful handmade pottery shop caught Betty's eye and from there we went to this simple coffee shop in a very old building once used as a women's prison.

The variety of goods on sale in the bazaar is overwhelming ...

as is the variety of buildings that house them.

From the bazaar we went down to Konak where this mini mosque and the clock-tower provide a great photo opportunity.

We all really enjoyed our bus-trip to Izmir.

More pictures of our visit can be found here 

The Jungle Refuse Disappears

We had a tractor to take away that huge heap of garden waste for us today

Feral Donkeys!

We don't know where these donkeys came from ... but they've spent the morning tidying up the proposed park in front of the house. Pity they didn't hang about a bit longer, they could have made it look a whole lot better.

Fishing Boat

A lovely example of a local wooden fishing boat taking shelter from rough weather and high winds that have been plaguing us lately.

Venosa Beach

We took a walk along the beach and ended up in front of the Venosa today. We strolled up their new jetty ... smart isn't it?

This is the view from the end of the jetty back towards the hotel ...

and out towards Bosbuk from the same viewpoint.

Tinkerbelle

Clearing the jungle

We spent today clearing the jungle we call our garden.

As you can see from the size of this heap, we've managed to clear at least two tractor loads from it.

The place does look a lot better for it.

And we are getting a lot more light into the house ... perfect for the coming winter.

However, "Fipsy", our Tinkerbelle's sister (who lives 2 doors away) is finding it all very boring. Would have thought she'd have found herself a softer pillow though.

Another visit to The Meandros Restaurant

We went yet again to enjoy the cuisine of the Meandros Restaurant, this time with our friends Pat and Don

Here you can see them watching the head waiter de-boning the red mullet two of us were having for dinner.