Sunset Hotel Petra

... went for lunch. Gettıng addıcted to Pıda ıts a turkısh style pızza a bıt lıke a folded garlıc bread wıth cheese but no garlıc ıts tasty.

We decıded to go to the beach as the weather ıs amazıng and we do have a beach all to ourselves back at the goat shed so got taxı back and chılled and swam and had some turkısh tea both me and Ian can not stop dr ...

... Englısh as we are not really on a tourıst route but we made ıt ınto town and the bus dropped us at a taxı place. We had not booked anywhere to stay as we had rowed a lıttle about where we where goıng I wanted a hotel wıth swımmıng pool as the weather ıs great but Ian wanted thıs tradıtıonal pensıon so we decıded to take a rısk and not book anythıng untıl we got here.....

Anyways we ...

... few days playing cards with our fellow guests - Paul, Sally, Sam and Eleanor - hi guys and hope he rest of your trip was less strenous than that climb to Ephesus!

The weather was truly toasty which made the fact that the sea was icy a rather unexpected surprise. We'd taken a boat trip to explore some of the small islands lying off the coast and at the first swim stop we were itching to cool off in the beautifully clear blue waters - and ...

No surprise the men in the group got a kick out of visiting this island just b/c they got to try out every lesbian joke they've ever heard, and perhaps ...

According to the poet Homer Lesvos (aka Lesbos or Mytlini) was part of King Makaras Empire and many of the islands ancient cities were names after his daughters.

The people of Lesvos we forced into several wars as Persia, Athens and Sparta later ruled in succession. According to legend, when Lesvos finally succumbed to Athens, the Athenian council voted to castigate islanders ...

... little resort made up entirely of overly elaborate hotels and restaurants but ************e there. We found an idyllic campsite overlooking Lesbos with it's own jetty. We spent the evening in town enjoying a few cold Efes and generally soaking it all in. All in all a pretty good find.

... across from Lesbos, the famed home of Sappho, from the Ancient Greek land of lesbians... Above the rock hued fishing village lies the ancient ruins, a beautiful conglomeration of structures spanning thousands of years of inhabitance... a temple to Athena, massive sarcophagi lining the necropolis to the edge of the city walls, building remnants lived in by Aristotle as he studied physics and biology before becoming Alexander the Great's tutor ...

... in the scenery and looking for an illustrative picture. I was vaguely aware of the three co-patrons of the restaurant had come out on the same walk, but, busy looking at framing a picture, and a passing set of Turkish Air Force planes, didn't pay them the slightest heed.

For a few more minutes I looked around the small set of hotels, trying to remember where I had stayed one night about four years before. Unsuccessfully.

Finally ...

... s leg. Sof is a little exhausted by our pace, I wake her up at the same time as me now, and we really fill our days...guess she'll rest in the plane! Thanks for all your comments and replies, we love the feedback! Mia is so excited that the countdown to Daddy's arrival is showing less fingers everyday! She noticed that there were 8 fingers yesterday, 7 today...she's so excited! Love to all, Mylene

... saa det maa vidst vaere ved at vaere paa tide:) Tja, hvad sker der ellers... hmm ikke saa meget, alt gaar vidst forholdvis stille og roligt hernede. Naa, men jeg kan ikke lige finde paa mere at skrive nu, saa vil smutte hjem og faa taget mig et bad, for vandet hernede er utroligt salt, saa det sidder bare i lag paa en efter man har vaeret ude og bade. Haaber i alle har det godt, og hoere sommeren langsomt er ved at komme i danmark, saa det er jo laekkert nok. take care