Netsel Marina

Marmaris, Turkey

Merhaba

  Randal and I arrived safe and sound back in Marmaris with all of our luggage.  Flights were mostly on time and the movie choices were good.  On the leg from Munich to Izmir we sat next to a lovely young woman from Izmir, Turkey who was a senior at UNC on a volleyball scholarship!  She spoke English like a newscaster with no accent from anywhere.  She’ll return early January to graduate.  And though she would love a job in the US, she knows that will be quite difficult.  We also briefly met a young woman from Denmark attending college in the US on a golf scholarship! 

We spent last night in Izmir at the Alican Hotel and ate dinner at our usual fish place.  Sleep was a bit fitful until 4 am when we both conked out not awakening until 8:45 am!  We’d hoped to catch an early bus but that was out.  We ate a quick breakfast, retrieved the phone Randal had left behind in the room on our way to the US and then took a taxi to the bus terminal.  It’s a 4 hour very pleasant ride from Izmir to Marmaris.  They serve cookies and tea and some simple sandwiches and soda for those who want.  We’d eaten a late breakfast so skipped the bus food and just had some tea.  They show movies too and if we could understand Turkish there were some good ones to choose from.

  It rained on and off most of the afternoon after we arrived in Marmaris, but we did accomplish the basics like getting our phones topped up and time on our internet dongle.  Tomorrow we’ll buy some food!

Our boat looks quite spiffy and we hope to return to the water before the end of next week.

  So that’s just a quick note to let you know we’re back in Turkey safe and sound.

Ru