Pide Pide

I blame a combination of things (too much wine with no dinner, cramps and scrubbing anti-fouling the day prior) to explain why I didn’t feel like doing any work today. The continued rain and my reasoning of working tomorrow (giving up my Sunday!) helped diminish the guilt a bit while I napped and read the day away. But Mike stormed ahead and got the new metal at the bow prepped and covered with paint, even welded up an extension to the box in the dodger that houses the companionway hatch. As for the evening, we went into town with John and Aysel to patronize a familiar restaurant to them from last year. Mike has been talking about this pide (Turkish pizza) for the past 2 months and it was pretty damn good. And cheap! Our dinner cost 10 lira ($6.50) for 3 pide and 2 ayran, a delicious yogurt drink. And we probably took one whole pide home for leftovers. Despite how full we were, there was talk about going to lunch tomorrow. Outdoor restaurants in a beautiful setting, such as in the mountains or on a river, seem to be common place in Turkey. And John and Aysel know of a great one not too far from Marmaris. So after a phone call, we got Herbie reserved tomorrow for a little drive and brunch in the mountains!