Cinco de Mayo...an excuse to drink margaritas anywhere!

Tonight we got to lay eyes on our new dodger in Mehmet’s shop! It was just the steel frame but looks pretty great and we can’t wait to get it installed. We have also decided to go with a roll bar which will be another steel frame that attaches to the transom. It will give us a place to attach our solar panels (which are the next thing to be ordered and will hopefully make us energy self-sufficient), hang our dingy, and, most importantly attach our BBQ! The original plan was for Mehmet to come tomorrow and start installing the dodger. But since the marina charges outrageous amounts for non contracted workers (it’s a little Mafioso around here) to come through the gate, Mehmet wants to wait and do it all at once. So we have a little delay until next Friday. It makes us feel a bit closer to the wire of our deadline of getting into the water the first week of June but should still be able to happen. After we visited with Mehmet in his office, we headed into town to grab a quick dinner since we had the car. We weren’t finding ourselves too hungry so decided to wander over to “Bar Street”. Even though we both can’t remember when we last celebrated Cinco de Mayo at home and it's not celebrated here (or even Mexico for that matter) we decided to have a margarita! Oh my god, they were more like a margarita martini and we definitely got our 10 lira worth! Especially on an empty stomach! After chatting with our friendly waiter, Firat and giving and getting music recommendations, we were able to make our way to a restaurant to help absorb some of that tequila. Turkish pizza of a couple varieties (pide and lahmacun) hit the spot. We sat outside and enjoyed the cool night air as we told ourselves to enjoy the feel of our fleece jackets because these nights aren’t going to last much longer. After dinner we were drawn to the café across the street with live music on the patio. We enjoyed a cappuccino and desert while listening to two young men play beautiful, traditional Turkish songs. The wait staff and customers were silently singing along, as we got caught up in a game of peek-a-boo with a charming 2 year old celebrating his birthday. A lovely way to end the day.w

our Turkish margaritas

See the 'Why Not' bar? That sounds like trouble