Before I get into the nothingness that was today, if you’re on your phone reading this, open your notepad, close your eyes and try and type ‘the sun is yellow’ without looking & cheating. How’d you get on? Nailed it? Thought so.
Anyway, today… this is likely the shortest blog ever.
We woke up around 7:30am, but just lay in bed. Jane got up around 9:30 to head down and onto the balcony, whereas I pushed on with my world domination of the Solitaire app, which due to my OCD, I have now completed each daily challenge for the last 2,736 days consecutively, and am at Level 1,314. Must make a note to update my CV & LinkedIn skills.
We’ve done almost nothing. It’s been brilliant! A bit of bread, cheese, tomato, coffee & ayran for me. I’ve yet to convince Jane to try the Ayranian delights of a slightly salted, slightly soured cold savory yoghurt-based beverage! Not sure why.
We did have a brief conversation about Lurchio who could have asked a mate to join us, but seems like he couldn’t be arsed with the faff.
As we listened to a medley of Pet Shop Boys Greatest Hits, Jane proffered the question about why he hadn’t brought one of his mates?
I adjusted my underpants (barely visibly due to the beer belly) which was my only donned clothing at the time, adjusted the crotch elastic, and chugged on a Bomonti beer to rinse down the Ayran, before answering “I don’t know. It’s baffling to be honest”. And then burped.
Pool time! Even Lurchio joined us at around 4pm, not that he conversed, but he did arrive, AirPods in, sunglasses on, and then lay there for half an hour, before heading off with a cool & cursory “I’m going back”.
We hung about longer, but the lack of a breeze did make it feel as hot as yesterday, so by 5:30, we also called it a day & headed upstairs for a chill-out, and then a shower & change for the evening.
We decided to go where we hadn’t the energy for last night and wandered down to Cazibe, a nearby tapas style cafe/bar on the lower road, just a bit further in from Shiraz, and the neighbouring Sandinos.
Once again, the welcome & service was superb, and the owner/host took the time to explain the menu, and advise that 3 dishes was probably a good amount per person.
Here’s what we ordered:
- • Hummus
- • Chinese chicken bites
- • Smoky meatballs
- • Babaganoush
- • Cazibe Börek
- • Cazibe prawns
- • Mozzarella & spinach sticks
- • Zingy Thai fish cakes
- • Mini Chicken Kiev
Special mention & recommendation for the very smokey babaganoush, the Thai fish cakes and the Mini (they were bigger than golf balls!) Chicken Kiev – all fab!
Not much more to say about a very slow day today, other than we are planning our biggest excursion so far tomorrow, with a Dolmus trip to Saklikent National Park, and the Gorge there tomorrow.
So hopefully some better “content” tomorrow, albeit unlikely to eclipse the day we had in Pembrokeshire, where our poor dog expressed his loose bowels across a busy pavement, and a kid walked into me as I tried to shield it, and landed hands and knees down in ‘dog-do gravy’.
For folk new to this sort of diatribe, if you really want to suffer, my back-catalogue of previous holiday blogs can be found here.
Best of luck & lots of love,
Chris
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I don’t think I have ever met you Chris, but I did work with Jane for many years at CU. Your holiday blogs are brilliant and always bring a smile to my face, even when it is dull and grey outside 😊 or should I say especially 😀
Enjoy the rest of your holiday adventures and say Hi to Jane from me
Aw, thanks! It’s just a bit of fun for me, keeps me from mischief & gives Jane a break! I will pass on your ‘hi’!