First thing this morning we checked on Keenan to see how he was feeling. It was a tad concerning that he complained about his chest hurting when he coughed and that he couldn’t “move very fast”. Fortunately, though, after he’d had a good night’s sleep, when we spoke to him this evening and again tonight, he was starting to feel a little better; thank goodness!
Having decided today was another chore-free day, after a cooked breakfast, which included freshly baked soda bread, we took a walk through the gardens and along the promenade which borders the unspoilt brown sandy beach.
Our walk took us passed a few more garden cafés and down to the second natural canal which flows through the town, where we were delighted to find a few more cafés and restaurants along the banks as well as the rather modern looking public hospital.
Circling back through the town centre we stopped in at Café de Valencia again for a coffee and, of course, another baked delight, before returning to Paw Paw.
After a chat to her folks in Ireland, Elaine then spent her afternoon completing our last video of our Red Sea Passage and hopes to upload it, along with the other videos she completed while we were weather bound in Egypt, over the coming days.
Roy spent his time working on his laptop and managed to get our flatscreen television to function as a screen; at least he’ll be able to get his latest Anchor Plus application build completed and released, following which a new laptop will be required.
Before we knew it, though, it was time to meet Mai Tai (Kay and Lane) on the dock for our dinner outing. Taking the advice of our neighbours we headed off to Atilla Bey Restaurant, which we’d seen earlier in the day during our morning walk and what a fabulous Turkish feast we had, all for the price of $10USD each. Don’t ask us to pronounce or write downs what we ate, but it was absolutely delicious, nonetheless! Unfortunately we only took photographs of the “starters”; we were too busy munching our way through the rest of the meal that we simply forgot. It was our first experience of Turkish cuisine and a wonderful evening in the company of new found friends.
