We went for a drive around yesterday, and the roads were lined with loads of jasmine trees/bushes. Oh wow the smell was amazing. It rained for about 5 minutes so then the smell of wet hot earth overpowered it. I didn't mind because I love the smell of rain on earth or grass after a long hot and dry spell.
Yashi, where my daughter lives, is surrounded by mountains or the sea - perfect combination. Everywhere you look, you see either...
This last picture is the road my daughter lives on - as you can see it's very busy!!!! It's so quiet and occasionally you see the odd cow walking down the road, or else the odd chicken!!! Apparently about 2 months ago, Mandi and Dogan was aware of a lot of noise outside and when they looked, they saw a cow in the garden, happily munching their grass!!! Someone had forgotten to close the gate at the roadside!! Because there are so many cats here, it's important to keep the gate closed, so that dogs can't get in and cause trouble.
We decided to go for a Subway lunch. The Turkish traffic is quite something else!!! I'm so glad that I wasn't driving. For a start they are on the wrong side of the road and they have different road laws!! Driving on the horn seems to be popular!! Our law of the use of roundabouts, is that the car already on the roundabout has priority. Not in Turkey, if you are already on the roundabout (going the wrong way too!!!), then you have to stop to allow another vehicle to come onto the roundabout!!!! So you need eyes not only in the back of your head, but also on the sides!! Well when we arrived at the Subway, I was struck by how beautiful they'd made the outside eating area. It was covered with a sort of "sail" to protect from the direct sunlight, but the whole area was full of bouganvillea...
We did drive around the little seaside villages, but those pictures can wait for another day.
We went to Dogan's hotel and it was so pretty there - look what they've done, the bouganvillea is growing up the walls of the hotel, and against the creamy white walls the vivid colours of the flowers is fantastic.
Mandi and I walked through the restaurant and found a lovely couple of chairs there. We were soon joined by a lovely Alsatian (German Shepherd) - I swear she's got a magnet for animals, because they all seem to suddenly appear near her and in no time at all she's rubbing their ears and giving them a stroke. Look at this face - total satisfaction and delight.
Okay folks, that's about all so far. I've got to relax my back - it's hurting from all the walking etc I've been doing. I think it's the standing still that does it more than the walking. I wish you all a wonderful weekend, I'm going to be sunbathing, swimming and then watching the Monaco F1 Grand Prix - I hope.
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Maeluk clubJenny McIntyre club has replied to Stormlizard clubJenny McIntyre club has replied to Elbertinum clubThat heat would take some getting used to for me, bit hot for my liking.
Cute dog, and definitely enjoying the fuss.
Hope Mandi feels better soon.
Enjoy your holiday Jenny, and get in the water, it looks lovely!
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Bee OrchidJenny McIntyre club has replied to Mickey fezJenny McIntyre club has replied to GracieI hope that your back is now back to feeling great (I know this is one of your older posts from a few days back, so I'm crossing my fingers!)
Jenny McIntyre club has replied to Janet Brien clubI'm so glad you enjoyed my blog, I can't take too many pictures of the bouganvillea, it's such a beautiful flower and so plentiful here. I've noticed that Mandi's neighbour has put up strands of string from the bottom of his covered patio to the roof and I think he's going to train the bouganvillea to grow up them. They will not only look amazing, they will also give shade to the house and patio. I won't be here when they grow, so I've asked Mandi to make sure she takes pictures for me.
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