Stuck in Paradise

What sun sets!!

What did you do on the first of December? we went here for a swim!!

Bit of exploring

We did have a bit of trouble spreading the fig jam!!

This is how we got here.

Here we are...in one of the most beautiful places we have had the luck to visit...( and we,ve got the nerve to complain about not being out on the road...!)

We are here waiting for bike bits to come from the UK.. the Turkish postal service (as we now know) is subject to delays due to religious holidays e,t.c so all we can do is wait...

We do have a lovely apartment to stay in courtesy of Ged.. We do have great weather,warm seas, interesting mountain landscapes and lots of people to talk to....

I know....shut up and enjoy.... Compared to the weather in the UK I think we have nothing to complain about.. Some of you will also be a bit shocked to hear that I have read more books! I think I am up to 5 whilst being here..

We are in danger of becoming semi-permanent residents.....sort of low life ex-pats.!Aaaargh.! I've even started going to the free turkish lessons.! I have now invested so much time in trying to learn it that i can't give up. Unfortunately it does,nt mean that i can say much....but never mind. The postmen are very tolerant when we go and hang around the post office...I think that what i ask them is " parcel...is there ? " ,but i'm not sure.Anyway,so far "yok parcel",but perhaps tomorrow (yarim!)....We have also had a very kindly lecture from the chief postmaster about our address here...its not "Bablyan " matthew, its "Dalyan " !

Otherwise we are really idling our time away.....we've done loads of local exploring ,mostly by bike,;we have both read some truly terrible books (though we have,nt yet started on the romance novels....but "Royally bedded,Regally wedded " sounds good,though i suspect jon will like "At the cattlemans command " better.!)..Luckily we,ve met some interesting people too,,its quite a novelty for us to have dinner invites.!

We,ll update once the tyres e,t,c arrive...(please,please,please...tomorrow....or soon....!),Now i must hand this great little computer back over the garden wall..Thanks Moira !