Tuntas Hotel Altinkum

Despite whiplash, bunnies and 2 real *****es we are again back on Tiercel and in the Aegean Sea. This is an opportunity for a 4 week break to work on the boat and enjoy some sailing. However, it is possibly worth a brief look back at our last few weeks in Scotland to set the scene for our journey.

Our trip here started in a wet, cold and windy Tarbert. We travelled to a wetter, colder and windier Dunfermline to leave our car with our son Will. Shortly ...

... und die Notwendigkeit zum Verlassen der Hotelanlage immer geringer wird?

Es war durchweg sonniges und warmes Wetter, aber es ist bereits Herbst. Wie mag es im Sommer, bei Klimawandel werden - lässt es sich dann noch unter einem Sonnenschirm aushalten? Ansonsten bleiben dann die Touristen weg, denn Pools und Imbissbuden stehen dann weiter im Norden.

Aber vielleicht ist das weder ein Verlust, noch interessiert es die eigentlichen Bewohner der Insel.

... durch das lose Geröll den Fußmarsch lohnen? Ich werde es heute nicht erfahren, sondern genieße auf halbem Wege, den fast Menschenleeren Strand mit kristallklarem Wasser ohne Seegrashaufen. Es gibt zwar keinen Sand, sondern mit Kieseln durchsetztes dunkelgraues Granulat, aber darauf liegt es sich genauso gut.
Das Wasser ist angenehm temperiert und es gibt keine kostenpflichtigen Schirme und Sonnenliegen.

... neben den Tischen aus, warten, was wohl zu Boden fallen möge. Oft lohnt sich das Warten - die Fischflossen, die ich nicht verzehren mochte werden von einer rotgetigerten gierig verschlungen und lockt die hungrige Konkurrenz herbei. Bis ein streunender Dackel herbeistolziert kommt und jede Katze, die er entdeckt verscheucht - der Platzwart. Zu Fressen kriegt er nix.

Im Flieger: Lallen statt Bordservice.
Im Bus: Geht noch billiger.
Im Hotel: Ein Appartement über zwei Etagen, halsbrecherische Wendeltreppe, viel zu warm und mit Brumm- und Plätschergeräuschen - Direktanschluss an den Swimmingpool - na danke-
In der Nacht: Schlaflosigkeit, ein Zimmer, das den Schlaf raubt, aber die Oropax sind daheim geblieben.
Erst am Morgen ...

... Which reminds me - I can recommend Vasilis and Mana (restaurants) which are on the left if the beach is behind you in Tigaki. There is also another one further up on the right which is also nice - can't recall the name but has lots of wood, fake bricks, plants and the waiters wear red shirts).

In the evening we head to Zia to see the sunset - which we do see but only for about 5 seconds. The rest of the time the cloud covers it up. We ...

... was that we bought fruit on the way to the hotel and decided to stay indoors and relax instead.

I was disappointed but I knew that our dinner would be up at Zia and watch the sunset again.



We got at Zia village at about 7pm. We bought some gifts for our children and then we went to the restaurant.



The vendors here sell the famous KANELADA.

Kanella is the ...

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