http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Turkey , Aegean , Cesme en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:32 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:45:32 UTC We drove down to a seaside town called Cesme today to visit the castle of St Peter. Cesme is a lovely little town and the castle was well looked after and very interesting. There was a museum inside that mainly contained nautical exhibits as the castle featured in many famous sea battles.From standing on the battlements we could see across to the Greek Islands well we were assured by Mum an http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-330821.html Last week I travelled to Cesme in Turkey with some friends for a relaxing one week holiday. We booked a villa for the week not far from the resort town of Cesme. We arrived late on a Sunday night and were picked up by an excellent airconditioned van and delivered to our villa. We settled in quickly and headed to bed early so we could make the most of our time... We all fell asleep eventually http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-327905.html We arrived in Chios around 430am. We drove off the boat and were soon informed that the next boat leaving for Turkey would not leave at 8am as scheduled but at 4pm. They told us the boat was ldquobrokenrdquo. We made the best of it and spent the day exploring the town. We finally loaded the car around 330 then watched as the one other car squeezed on board this tiny little ferry. About 45min http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-276533.html After breakfast we walked back over to the port purchase our insurance picked up the car and hit the road. After a full day of driving we arrived in Bodrum a very nice coastal town. There were many nice restaurants hotels and shops that lined the marina. Itrsquos about 2 or 3 weeks prior to high season so we easily found a great place to stay and nice place for dinner. Not only is this place http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-267433.html Turkey went up another notch Hello from Cesme a small village known for windsurfing and gum trees on the Aegean Sea I flew into Izmir and had a really funny travel day Bon and I had been up all night since we had to go to the airport at 6a so I arrived in the new city bleary eyed but excited As soon as i got on the plane I got out my two favorite travel accessories my eyesleeping mas http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-212210.html The past two weeks have been eventful as Kim and I roamed the streets of Athens island hopped in the Cyclades visited my cousin in Lamia and trekked around Central Greece. Alone no longer Despite a 25 hour trip to Athens Kimberly was eager to unload her pack at the hostel and conquer the city. We began with a visit to the agora then ascended the Acropolis and finally visited the Temple of http://www.travelblog.org//Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Cesme/blog-191717.html