Saturday... It sure doesn't feel like the weekend... We've been having a weekend all week! After an exhausting day we slept in and then had breakfast waiting for us up on the rooftop terrace at Homero's. I could get used to this AND eating outside for every meal in perfect weather!!
We saw a few of our friends that we had made the night before but have stopped our Canadian facade. Every other person we meet is Canadian and that makes our front very complicated.
We went to the weekly Saturday market where they sold everything! The heaps of fresh veggies and fruit had me drooling. In the end we left with some cherries (huge bag!) for about $2 and 4 juicy peaches for about $.70. What a deal. They will be our snacks on the 6 hour bus ride. I wish I could live here for the fresh year round produce.
We also went to the local Ephesus museum and saw artifacts excavated from the area and read more about the history.
Then we were off the bus station and squished onto a tiny local bus headed for Aydin. It is fun to watch the locals pay the driver while en route, he makes change for whatever their destination and passes it back. The drivers here are great at multi-tasking and we still feel safe. It's those Guatemalan drivers that are another story!
The bus we transferred to to take to Fithiye is sweet. There are tvs, lots of leg room, air conditioning and wifi! This way better than a US bus any day. We saw the sea for the first time about half way through and got so excited. Steve and I are super pumped for the second half of the week!
P.S. It's our one week anniversary! Awwww ;)
When we arrived in Fethiye we caught a cute taxi to the very west side of town- far from everything! Villa Daffodil had a room for us that overlooked Fethiye Bay and many sailboats. Steve decided to make peace with the sailboats after our last encounter and I concurred.
We had a romantic dinner over the bay at the villa's restaurant (pasta and fish) and went for a late night swim. It was too cold without the sun though. We just were so excited to swim after having not the entire trip to that point.
There are so many things to do now that we've reached the coast!
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