"Okay Kimberly," I hear you say, "all these rambly posts are great and all, but what are you actually up to in Turkey other than, like, learning Python? You can do that from anywhere, you know!"
I do know that. So we are making the most of our weekends, starting with last weekend, which was my first weekend here. In Turkey, it's really useful to have friends who speak Turkish, and James has done a great job of meeting many excellent people who speak Turkish and love adventures as much as we do. Once of his coworkers chartered a boat last weekend, which is ridiculously cheap: ₺600-₺700 ($165-$195) for a boat that holds 12 complete with captain. Then they bought a bunch of meat because there is a freaking barbeque on the wooden boat and so in addition to our private cruise, we also had delicious meals. We stopped at a bunch of places and jumped in the water. It was a bit cold, being the end of September, but really nice in the shallow areas and hanging out on the top deck. Here are some pictures from our adventure:
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| And we're off! We ported out of Teos along the southern coast, about a 45-minute drive from where we live. |
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| This is what the grill looks like. It's literally just on the back deck of the boat. |
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| Swimming and cooking stop. Here is the grill doing the hard work. |
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| Swimming time! Earle was so brave and jumped in off the top deck. |
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| Late lunch. Grilled chicken, grilled meatballs, lots of veggies, and bread. |
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| One of the swimming spots without the grill in the way. Bright blue-green water and pretty warm the closer we got to the coast. |
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| This cave was also a swimming spot. |
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| Here's my location history for the day, just to give you a sense of where we were. We live in southwest Izmir where the school is, and we drove down to Teos (not labeled, but the left gray dot). Then we boated along the coast, stopping at lots of places on the way there, and then a straight shot back. |
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Boat selfie! Until next time!
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