Kusadasi

Monday 3rd

I take a sleeping tablet each night when I'm on holiday and sleep well. However, I was a bit frustrated that both mornings I’d woken before David. He generally only has 6 hours sleep while I have 9. Why was I waking first? I lay in bed feeling frustrated because I hadn’t heard an announcement from the Captain that we had arrived in port, so it must be before 8am. Definitely not enough sleep! Eventually I looked at my iPod to find it was after 11am! We must both have needed sleep after missing out on some on Friday night.

After breakfast we set out for Kusadasi. We explored the bazaars, fending off all the questions from the storekeepers and their comments (tactics to get us into their shops to buy). I quite enjoy answering one or two questions politely but still giving a definite ‘No’ when they want me to go into the shop. It’s all a lot of fun. However, my favourite conversation was one of David’s:

Shopkeeper: Can I ask you a question?

David: Yes.

Shopkeeper: Are you well?

David: Yes, I’m fine.

Shopkeeper: Where are you from?

David: You wanted to ask me one question. You’ve asked it. I’ve answered. Goodbye.

We finally found a bar with wifi and free internet and sat down to check our emails and Facebook, then visited a local supermarket as the price of drinks on the ship is horrendous. We bought some wine and a bottle of raki (thinking it was vodka - a big mistake).

David worked on his tan for the rest of the afternoon while I pottered around until it was time to make ourselves look fabulous again for the evening. 

The early dancing session was Sequence Dancing. We followed that with the show and then some more dancing. At midnight we grabbed some food from the Lido buffet to take back to our balcony and sat chatting.