something else

We are staying in a village near the sea in Turkey and enjoying our small life of village, beach, pool, market, corner store and repeat. We feel comfortable sending the kids to go gather sticks for a school project. But today we decided that our time is coming to a close here and we needed something else, so we are going to take a ferry to Greece this weekend. In order to buy the cheapest tickets we needed to go to the ferry dock. So we hopped the dolmbus (mini bus) to the next town over to buy them. We seem to have trouble figuring out the cost on the minibus because we don't speak Turkish and we have a GIANT nine-year old. Kids are supposed to be free, but no one seems to understand us. So we paid for three...

We got dropped at the bus station in the center of town and set out. Bodrum (the big town) is a tourist town filled with British and European tourists soaking up the heat. We poked around town on our way to the harbour, but quickly tired of the "genuine fake" shops. So we moved onward through the streets toward the harbour, bought our tickets and enjoyed the quieter vibe down there.

Although it is probably extremely congested in the summer, it was nice. Local kids were on their lunch break from school, eating in the park along the waterfront. And fisherman were selling the catch of the day.

 

We watched fresh pomegranate juice being made left and right.

Since we didn't fancy an expensive English lunch on the restaurant side of the road, we bought the kids ice creams and hunted onward for food and we found it at a bustling bakery, established in 1876. Sandwiches and spinach pie for only 3 Turkish Lira a piece with a little eating bar to sit. We also added on a few of the delicious pastries hovering around the place. So good and satisfying to find a place where the locals come in and eat their sandwich standing up.

 

We found our way to the other side of the town and enjoyed the view before heading to the grocery store and fresh produce market (which is conveniently located in the bus station) to stock up for our last few days here.