Beauty and the Bay
A few more pics from our visit to Bozukkale, because a bay this lovely shouldn’t be upstaged by a broken castle.
Karen & Marcel
A Mad Donkey and A Broken Castle
Along a very lonely stretch of Türkiye’s Carian Coast, we recently visited the crumbling enclosure of Bozukkale’s ancient citadel. As we sailed in and set our anchors in its “quiet tranquil bay,” a large herd of goats scampered up the cliffs, their bells clanging, and a certain perturbed wild donkey belched out the loudest …
Adios Knidos
Another group field trip to shore to watch the sunset over Knido’s remarkable bay. We’re new in town but these crumbling ruins have seen this view a million nights over. Can you imagine? The perfect evening to bid farewell to such a lovely place. Enjoying some girl time with my fellow yacht girls, the …
Passing Notes & Shakespeare Plays
Along the Datça peninsula, we nestled into the tiniest bay off the shores of what remains of the crumbling Hellenic city of Knidos. To say we nestled in there, is actually to say that, with much consternation, we wrestled for a spot to anchor where we wouldn’t swing into other boats crowded inside the bay. …
Market Madness
The local food markets here in Türkiye have made shopping for food exciting again. After years of feeding my family, I began to dread trips to the supermarket—been there, done that, and now most days I’m over it. But these Turkish food markets have put a fresh spin on shopping days. Unlike Instanbul’s famous …
Never Too Old For A Field Trip
It’s pretty common as you sail around, to find yourself anchored near the same boats you were anchored next to at a different bay. You get to know the super friendly ones and look forward to meeting again sometime in a future anchorage. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been anchoring near many of …
How to Artichoke
The little town of Ildir, seems to be hemmed in by large swaths of artichoke fields. In town, we stumbled upon a little artichoke stand where a man was effortlessly spinning whole artichokes into hearts at an impressive rate. Mark was raised just thirty minutes from the Artichoke Captal of the World, so his …