In the tropics you can do your laundry at sunrise and it will be dry before 10 am. Here you do your laundry at sunrise and maybe it’s dry by 2 pm. I did laundry on Sunday and today and both times shortly after it was hung up th…
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Fast Food and Silly Shopping Stories
Linda Levy being Linda Levy
This picture was taken on Marmaris waterfront but seems an appropriate illustration for this story. . Marmaris Yacht Marina is about a 30 minute b…
First bit about Marmaris
Today Linda, Randal and I took the small dolmus (small bus) to town for food shopping at the Tansas Supermarket. It was hot enough to wear a t-shirt and shorts. Tonight I’m in flannel and a sweatshirt. When the sun goes d…
Back on DoraMac
The afternoon winds are whistling! But that’s ok: it’s howling winds that cause problems. We’ll definitely have to get used to the Mediterranean weather patterns. Yesterday about an hour before noon we w…
Having fun while waiting
What is happening on Diesel Duck? (Continued…)
Something showing up on the radar…
It’s been too long since I updated the blog; here’s what’s happening: Dorothy and I arrived back in Seattle (from Hong Kong) 12 April; very kindly picked up at SEATAC by Kurt & Marcia (Alpenglow). An interesting moment on the flight home was du…
Mary’s House near Ephesus
It’s 1:30pm and Randal and I are relaxing back in our room, drying out from our morning walk in the rain, I decided to leave my umbrella in the room and Randal doesn’t have one so our rain jackets, pants and backpack got fairly wet.&…
The Blue Mosque
Linda, Michael, Randal and I arrived in Marmaris late this afternoon. We left Pamukkale at 10:30 am on a local shuttle to Denizli and then caught the 11:30 bus from Denizli to Marmaris. We arrived in Marmaris almost an hour late beca…
More Istanbul stories..Burak’s Cafe Restaurant
We took the 9 am bus from Izmir to Denizli and then the mini-bus from Denizli to Pamukkale. We arrived about noon. Turkish buses are a bargain. Just as on an airplane you can choose to watch a movie, tv, or listen to music on your in…
More about Istanbul
Randal and I spent the morning wandering around Izmir lost in the confusion of streets around the bazaar. Everyone tried to help us, and thankfully Randal is good with a map because if not we’d still be wandering around out there.…
