Creating shade, street in Fethiye
This time I ran away to Turkey. The only way to get out of my office is to make a getaway a-la Bonnie&Clyde style. A true and proper, running down the stairs, jumping into a getaway car with tyres screaming around the nearest corner style, before they catch me….
What I needed was this:
Good advice from a friend
And I got it. In Fethiye Turkey.
Yay sailing!
Living almost on the tip of the southern part of the African continent means loooong flights and that took me right out of a cold and wet winter to high summer and all that goes with it in Turkey. My last holiday when I “ran away” was right out of summer into serious winter. Can I just not make up my flippen mind in which season I am or want to be or what? Clothes in and out of storage all the time to get the right season into the suitcase, but I am not complaining noooooo, huh-uh.Too nice to see bits of the world and to eat my way around it.
Market day in Fethiye is hectic, sights sounds and smells and half naked tourists bartering for everything in sight. I got a lot of: “Where are you from.Dutch?” No, I am too short to be Dutch even though the Afrikaans accent is similar to the Dutch and Flemish. “South Africa?? Noooo, you are too white……”. Really?! Perceptions people, perceptions…
Market Fethiye
People watching at its best with heat into the 40’s (yes Celsius!) and these women cook without breaking a sweat. How?????
See Polianthus, I did not disappear on you permanently! Still working out devious get-away plans, alive, breathing and still eating as always!
Turkish pancakes with spinach and cheese
I could not post anything while in Turkey what with the slow inter-webs but now that my soul is back in my body and my mind rested, I shall break the blogging hiatus and it seems my food slump is over! How can it not be with all I had and seen(eaten) in Turkey..
Random photo:
One has to rest in the shade after watching those women cook in the heat.
Come on woman! Blog on, it’s absolutely stunning! Ps: always listen to the frog 😉
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Ja, ja! En wanneer blog sy oor haar heuwels en dale en tour de “force”?
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Ah!!! Net wat jy nodig gehad het!!! Pragtige blog en foto’s!! Bly jy’s terug!
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Dankie! Net so lekker om terug te wees.
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Love those stuffed flatbreads! Glad you had such a fabulous getaway.
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Thank you I did indeed. I love Turkish food in general and was just munching on Turkish Delight I brought with…..
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Really enjoyed your photographs. Love the dishes and oh those pancakes – yum! You’ve made me want to visit Turkey.
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Go visit! You will love it and the food, oh joy….
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Never been to Turkey but it looks fabulous on your pics. Love the umbrellas creating shade – and the great frog quote!
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We should always listen to the frog, my friend says!
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I want those pancakes.
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Trust me so do I, again and again..
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Ahhh, so want to visit Turkey someday. Looks lovely!
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It is lovely and I am sure you will love it.
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Finally you are back posting, althought I would have been happy for you to post from Turkey of course , not back at work but I am glad to read something from you again, and for linking it to me so I could see it immediately – so kind 🙂 I was getting a bit cold turkey – for flippenblogs irreverant blog posts – so glad you are back!
:I) – I love the Vacation prayer – God grant me a vacation to make bearable what I cannot change very nice – good idea, I am debating whether to spend a month in the caribbean when it gets cold here – nice to think about probably wont happen, but just to sit on a beach and drink soursop cocktails while the sun sets makes my heart all happy!
Ah too small to be Dutch : ) too white to be south african – too blonde to be lawyer 🙂 – I know it well…good start back in the office
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Barely survived the first day but there you go! Already into the thick of things. However, grateful to have a job to do. Have job will travel! Go take your month, I dare you!
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have job will travel – too right 🙂 – and have friend doing a year in caribbean means I have somewhere to go to :)…once in a lifetime opportunity, and I really dislike winters here – although to be fair the summer is really bad and rainy too – I will think about your dare 🙂
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The umbrellas for shade (how colorful) and the frog – too much 🙂
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Clever frog!
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Enjoyed this post! 🙂 Carpe diem! 🙂
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Thank you. My motto exactly!
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🙂
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Oh how I want to run away to Turkey too!
I love the umbrella roof in your top photo – what a genius way to keep off the shade!
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Turkey is just the place to run to! Very friendly people and the umbrellas such a great idea and makes the place look so ” happy”. Thanks for the pop in.
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