Blogs from Alanya, Mediterranean, Turkey, Middle East - page 2

Woolly says – I’d seen a poster with some pictures of camels and some strange Turkish words ‘deve güreşleri ve muz festivali’ having translated it…. Ok I had a little help, it appeared that Mahmutlar an area a short bus ride away from us was to hold its first Camel Wrestling and Banana Festival, now that sounded like a good day out. As Jo hummed and harred over the weather forecast I wondered if one of my hero’s the famous Travel Camel one of our fellow bloggers might be there, would it allow me to finally meet this incredible adventurer? How do Camels wrestle, will they be eating bananas while they wrestled, would I have to eat a lot of bananas? Having tried to gently let my little friend down on the appearance of our fellow ... read more

Woolly says – Oh dear, and a very large OH DEAR at that, in a country that is supposed to have 330 days of sunshine I want to know where all this rain has come from! Life seems to have settled into a routine over the last month, watching the rain pouring down and keeping warm being my main occupations and annoying Jo when I get really bored! This is Turkey why is there so much of that wet stuff leaking from the skies? Why is it so cold? We moved here for the warmth and being tucked up in blankets reminds me far more of life in the UK than anything else. On the odd sunny day Jo has taken me to the beach or round the harbour to stretch my paws and catch each ... read more

Woolly says – Isn’t it strange how things can happen, having never been to a wedding before I am now the proud bearer of TWO invitations. Over four thousand miles apart and from two completely different cultures I left the small details to Jo and set about preparing my outfits. I’ll give him small details!!!! While the fur ball considered his bow ties I organised the travel plans, accommodation, snacks and the million other things to enable us to attend and support our friends at both events. Wedding one, Sammy and Ray in Stourbridge, England, let’s head back to the 20th September…….. Woolly says – I sat watching the grey clouds moving across the sky and kept my paws crossed that my first ever wedding wasn’t to be blighted by rain. The smell of perfumes and ... read more

Alanya, Turkey 11th August 2014 "Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days." Benjamin Franklin “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass the world is too full to talk about.” Rumi For the past 4 years, I have used this blogging platform purely as a means to an end to keep friends informed and to have some personal fun trying to develop a writing style. But since my Georgian saga in particular, I find I actually belong to a new community of fellow bloggers. Several had been very supportive during 'Georgia' and I feel a new attachment and gratitude to them. I felt particularly drawn to take up an invitation by Woolly Mammoth and his companion (Jo) to com ... read more

Woolly says – Time seems to pass so quickly with a paintbrush in your trunk. Having completed my room, the hall and the living room (with very little help from that idle pair I might add!), we were at last ready for the arrival of our furniture. I was so excited at the thought of finally having my whole wardrobe out of storage and seeing what snacks had been packed in the UK. The moving day arrived and Ian left Jo and I packing up our temporary home while he headed for the mountains and our storage facility, ‘should be back in an hour or so with the first load’ were his immortal last words! Jo, under my supervision of course, packed the rest of our temporary home up and we walked up the road to ... read more