Merhaba
As you all know by now, I’m a simit freak. I could eat them 3 times a day if I didn’t care about zipping my jeans. But I do; so I don’t. I split them, toast them, cover them with cheese and melt the cheese in the microwave. Yum. Sometimes I eat toasted simit with chunky peanut butter. But I bought my weight in stringy mozzarella cheese last Thursday at the open air market, so I need to eat that before it goes green. Jane gave me an herbed simit and that’s great toasted and cheesed too. There’s no such thing as a bad simit in my book, though toasted with mozzarella cheese so far take the prize. Add sautéed veggies on top …heaven. Simit are first cousins to bagels so would be super with cream cheese and lox. As a matter of fact, the menu at Simitland calls them bagels! Mary, Rick and I ate there Sunday on the way home from the Sunday open air market in Beldibi. Here’s the story.
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This is from the standing billboard outside near the tables.
We each ordered a simit with goat cheese and olives which was listed on the actual menu where the simit were called bagels. And tea which is only served hot here in Turkey. If you want ice tea you buy it in a can. We all ordered the “big” tea as we were thirsty from our walk. “Big” tea comes in a regular English tea cup. “Small tea” is served in those tiny charming Turkish tea glasses that holds about 3 sips. |
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Simitland warms their simit rather than toast them. I like toasted better. But it was cheap and good and now we can say we’ve eaten in Simitland. Simit are not Randal’s favorite so when he’s home we’ll stick to Aciktim for their chicken dὄner. My orange backpack went quite well with the orange chairs. |
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While were eating this young boy road past on his unicycle with his smaller brother chasing after him…. no doubt to pick up the pieces if he crash landed. |
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Monday was another sunny day so Mary and I went walking just to walk. Sunny days are still not so common that you want to miss taking advantage of “getting off the boat and stretching your legs.” We decided to walk around Old Town Marmaris. |
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Old Town Marmaris has white washed homes with paint of that Mediterranean blue used on doors and window trim making everything look like a postcard. You can see Marmaris Castle in the background. It will be re-opened in April after this winter’s renovations. Most of these building were constructed on the hill that sits just by the harbor. When we were on B dock I took a zillion photos. |
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The decorative flowers and blue eye were ruined by the graffiti that seemed to be everywhere. During my walks our first visit to Marmaris and even my early walks this year, I don’t remember seeing anything like this much graffiti. It really does spoil the beauty of the white washed structures. |
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This lovely door had been ruined too. |
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These folks need to exhibit their artistic talent in the new Arts and Culture Center and leave the white washed building in peace. |
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This isn’t just a tourist area; families live in these building which also house several restaurants and a few shops. |
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These girls were coming home from school. |
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Jane Parker, champion of stray dogs in Marmaris, lives in this lovely home. The colored ribbons on the bare tree branches are “wishes.” |
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There were odd bits of decorative hardware. |
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One rusted and one well cared for door knockers |
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I bet early in the morning you would see plastic bags of bread hanging here for the home owner. |
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I’m guessing these guys are carrying supplies up to the castle for the renovation work. |
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Exploring the walkways is really lots of fun. We’d gone to check out the Panorama Restaurant up on the hill top, but it was closed. |
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A very narrow walkway that took us back to the waterfront promenade. |
