Havent written in the last couple of days.. who know why! My last 10 days in Turkey have been quite a roller coaster!
All good things. When I said goodbye to Rosa I traveled to Izmir: a city on the coast, where you can go o beaches and some ruins. As the bus pull in to the city there was a something that made me feel lots of negativity. Not sure what, just did not like the energy of the people, the energy of the city.
Stayed there for 2 nights. On the day of arrival which it was almost 5pm, went to the marina, ate lunch while reading a book and watching the sunset who was fightthing the cliuds to come in.
On Day 2 I visited Ephesus. At this point in the trip an after seeing so many ruins, it was just another city. Yes, it huge, yes it has been preserve very well. yes i had a blast taking some pictures but no more than that. The night before I met an Argentinean girl, Paola (I know she will thank me for the girl compliment) and we went together. We had a good time, ate some turkish lunch.
From here I left to Cesme where I had in mind to spend 2 days. I arrived to a hostel/hotel big but small. It was quiet. It was beautiful with white walls and blue touches. It had a pool, lots of flowers and lots and lots of good energy. I was given my own room and met an american boy which I would reserve the comment becuase it is not worth it to talk bad.
Every day I went to a different beach: Altinkum, Ilica, Dayla, Alacati. Long empty beaches. Dark deep blue sea with soft white beaches. Each beach no more than 10-15 minutes away from where I was staying.
Cesme itself is a typical beach town: sunsets, sea breeze, lots of people in summer mode, little hotels and supermarkets, almost no cars and above all things it was quiet and it gave peace.
On Shabbat I decided not to use the phone for all of Saturday. Spent the morning reading by the pool. Motze Shabbat I bought a coloring doodle book and had a relaxing dinner by the sunset as I colored in. Bought a new book and finished it 3 days!
On Sunday night I went to a local restaurant where they served home made Turkish food very very cheap and very very good. Of course I brought my book along! not only I enjoyed the food but the fact that I sat there for 1.5 hrs reading, laughing and enjoying the moment made it promise myself that at least once a month I should do the same in Miami. How beautiful it is not to have the phone and get carried away by a book, by its fantasy and its stories. Truly a peaceful experience.
On Monday morning I met Gosha: polish girl who was sharing the door room with me and it happen that we both wanted to go windsurfing. When I woke up I felt lazy and thought about not going but when i spoke to Gosha and she was going I was convinced!
What a great day! now the regreat is not have coming before and doing it for more than a day! I met Derek (the instructor) who was great! we had a great laugh! after passing out in my chair of exhaustion- now it makes it harder to understand how durng all those years my dad would sit all 3 of us and take us for a ride! wow!!! not only kol haàkavod but the energy of after also having to deal with us! jajaja.
Dereks girlfriend was doing yoga with 2 ladies and I joined it! I got 2 classes for the price of one! jajaja.
With Gosha we went to eat dinner to Alacati: a quite expensive area for Turkish people. We sat at a restaurant who served only traditional Turkish food. It was the most expensive meal I had in Turkey and it was one of the best ones. When I say most expensive we paid $25 each! jejeje... I been use to eat for $10.
This gave the closing to a perfect 3 weeks in Turkey! A country who is beautoful, amazing, and unique! A country whos people are warm and caring, whose food is tasteful and spicy, its fruits and veggies are super cheap. Cheers to Turkey! I will be back!
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