Being a Sunday, we decided to enjoy a lazy day, free of any chores and, instead, cooked one of our favourite breakfasts; crispy bacon with crumpets and a side of strawberries, bananas and kiwi fruit, before taking a nice long stroll through the town centre. Our lower limbs were eventually starting to feel like legs rather than rubbery spaghetti!
Stumbling upon Café de Valencia, we couldn’t resist stopping in for a non-Turkish coffee, accompanied by a baked delight; a Latte for Elaine, an Americano for Roy and a delicious slice of Tiramisu.
We also found a hairdressing salon, where Elaine was able to make an appointment for tomorrow, a butchery and a grocery store, along with a variety of clothing shops, banks, restaurants, cellphone stores, etc. During our wanderings we stumbled upon the outdoor farming museum, a tribute to Finike’s long history of an agricultural town, which continues today, evident by the wonderful Saturday Market we visited yesterday. It was lovely to see the well maintained old buildings too and people whiling away their Sunday morning in the numerous garden cafés scattered around the waterfront.
It was mid-afternoon by the time we returned to Paw Paw, both too tired to attend the Sunday afternoon barbecue at the marina, but enjoyed a lovely long chat to Justine and Paul in England instead; the two-hour time difference was definitely proving to be far more convenient!
With time and some energy to spare, Elaine then gave Roy a long overdue haircut and packed away our beautifully folded clean laundry, which Roy had collected yesterday; something that only cost us the equivalent of $8.84USD for two large bags. Guess who won’t be doing laundry for the next year! Roy spent his time securing a rope the length of our “passerelle” in an attempt to prevent Elaine from falling into the water when she gets on and off Paw Paw. A trial run proved successful, but time will tell, no doubt!
The most anticipated activity, though, has been investigating flights to see our loved ones. The only hurdle stopping us from hopping on a plane right now is that we have to wait on the completion of our immigration process, but exciting nonetheless!
