Blogs from Aegean, Turkey, Middle East - page 3

The work continues to get things “ship-shape” on Tsamaya. We had been noticing that the water pump was not working correctly as it seemed to be leaking “air” so the pump would turn on even when we weren’t turning on the water. The water pump is in a very awkward location to get to easily so even though Bob could do it, we are getting smarter in our old age and picking and choosing the jobs that we farm out to others. This fell into that category for sure. We made contact with Erika again to find out who to work with – she put us in touch with a company, Merlin, and they came out quickly to look at the problem. They diagnosed a problem with the accumulator, had another one in stock and came ... read more

31 Mayıs 2022 salı G08 Evet her güzel şey gibi bu da bitti.. Bugün dönüyoruz kısmetse … Sabah toparlandık son yiyeceklerimizi tükettik ve Catalunya meydanına ulaştık Sveta önce dün gece vermedikleri şarj aleti için Apple a uğradı..Çok ayıp koskoca Apple araba fiyatına telefon satıyor şarj aletine ayrıca 45 E para istiyor ..Yuhhh yani …kapitalizmin hiç utanması kalmamış … Her neyse daha fazla moralimizi bozmadan Aerobus umüze bindik ..İnanmayacaksınız iki terminal var ama ben bizim uçağın terminalini doğru bilmişim ..Normalde bu aşamada Murphy'nin devreye girmesi ve sizin bir terminalden diğerine valizlerle perişan olmanız gerekir …Olmadı doğru yere gelmişiz… Sveta nın detax muhabbetinden telefon bedelinin %20 sini geri alma hayali var ..Biraz bocalamakla birlikte bunu da başardık... tabi kesintiler nedeni ile tam %20 ödemiyorlar ama ... read more

19 mayıs 2022 Perşembe GÜN 08 Gemi haliyle bizi bekledi ve nasılsa bindik …Hızlı ve yeni bir motor bizi dalgalarından üzerinden Bodrum a ulaştırdı… Atam Samsun'a çıkarken, biz de Bodrum a çıktık .. Onun bizlere hediyesi olan limanlara yanaştık ..Pasaportlarımızı vatandaşlarımız olan polis ve gümrük görevlilerine gösterdik..Ülkemin x ray aletlerinden geçtik ve vatan dediğimiz yere döndük…Allah onlardan razı olsun... Arabayı yakın bir yere park etmiştim ..iki dakika sonra evimizdeydik …neticede iyi bir seyahat oldu ... ... read more

We are here in Turkey on a 90-day visa, therefore decided to stay for most of it in order to fit in some travel around Turkey. High on our list to get to was the archeological site of Ephesus as we had heard from many others it was definitely worth seeing. There are other places along the Turkish coast that we will more than likely get to next season that are closer to Ephesus, but with extra time and less tourists here now, we decided it was worth the extra travel time to do it now. We found we could easily catch a daytime bus from Marmaris to Aydin so we could actually see some of the scenery on this trip. We could leave at 8:30AM and get to Aydin by 11:40AM, then wait about 30 ... read more

As is the case when we come into a port, we always check for the wi-fi password and when is the local fruit and vegetable market. We found that the large market is held on Thursdays and a smaller version is at the same location on Sundays. With arriving here on Tuesday, we definitely knew what we would be doing Thursday morning. Now, what to do on Wednesday? Well, with Marmaris being a place we have never been before we decided to hop on the small bus that picks you up in front of the marina every hour on the half hour and takes you to town (drops you off in front a good size grocery store, Migros) for the whopping price of 5.75 TL (62 cents each). It is about a 20-minute ride and then ... read more