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Day 34 -Still Turkey
Tedious and long driving day today. We set off from Dalaman at around 7.30am and arrived in Eceabat at about 4.30pm. Lots of traffic due to the end of Bayram and the start of children’s holidays. Couldn’t have timed it better for the ferry – literally arrived at the terminal, queued for 10 mins and…
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Day 33 (Sunday 19/7/2015) Talking Turkey
14 very lazy days spent in Dalaman. The first few days were spent in complete avoidance of getting in the car. My knees certainly enjoyed the rest and no longer ache from hours sitting in the same position. We caught up with Dalaman ex pats, performed some chores and generally pootled about. On…
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Day 19 – Turkey/Dalaman
Plans are there to be changed. Up early and on the ferry to Çanakkale by 9am. Took all of 15mins. Quite scary though, you seem much more vulnerable on a little ferry. Because it was Sunday and most people weren’t working, it was easy getting out of the town and we were soon making good…
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Day 18 -Turkey/Gallipoli
A day of emotional extremes. The morning started off with an attack of the giggles for me. While we were having breakfast, it was very quiet and Steve blew his nose really loudly. The people near me jumped out of their skin and I got that awful desire to fall about laughing so I had…
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Day 17 – Greece/ Turkey – Eceabat (Gallipoli)
Oh the irony! After all day yesterday hardly seeing a soul, some Germans turn up at the studios and chatter and laugh into the night. Fine apart from we weren’t invited and we were in bed trying to get some shut eye -grrr! Bleary eyed this morning, but for the first time this holiday breakfast…
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Day 16 -Greece.Lydia
I was sad to leave Kala Nera today. The weather was beautiful and I could easily have spent some time by the pool, wandered into town, had a little walk by the beach etc,etc. But a traveller’s life is not about putting down roots, it’s about hunting down new experiences and being a road warrior.…
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Day 15 – Greece Kala Nera
Woke up feeling really queasy. Think it might be the water – time to get on the bottled. Went on a fantastic walk today. Followed the kalderimi tracks up to the hill village of Milies. Quite hard walking but picturesque. Steve had a bean soup for lunch but I had nothing as still felt ill.…
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Day 14 – Greece. Kala Nera on the Pelion Peninsula.
Strange dreams last night of being swept away in a lake. I think it had rained in the night, maybe that had something to do with it. Relatively painless drive to Kala Nera, a little seaside village on the Pelion. The Pelion is a small, hilly peninsula North of Athens. The nearest Greek island to…
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Day 13 – Greece, Meteora
Okay, I’ll admit it, I might have been a bit hasty in my opinion of Meteora. Today we hiked up to the main monasteries area and a with a bit of sunshine they look very picturesque. Being built on the top of rocky outcrops, an added benefit was a bit of a workout. Lots of…
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Day 12 – Macedonia/Greece
Set off around 9.30. Felt much more relaxed today as even though we are only insured for third party, Macedonia is a laid back, civilised sort of place. Once we got out of Ohrid, we hardly saw anyone else on the road. Quite a few pot holes as the roads are not in a good…
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