Tuesday June 21 2011

0900h we can see our destination.Bozcaada ! 39 50’.1N 26 04’.6E It’s an island. Bozcaada is the ancient Tenedos, home of Apollo the Mouse God, and he Greek base for the attack on Troy.In Byzantine times, during he reign of Justinians,huge granaries were built so that ships carrying grain to Constantinople could be unloaded here and the grain ferried up the Dardanelles .Nothing remains of the graineries but the Genoiese castle built in the last days of western trade is in excellent repair. It is right on the docks, great view.
1000h Now tied up ,I head out with Alison to check out the town. Lovely little fishing boats docked close to the ferry dock just down from us. Again , more restaurants then people. The craft booths are mostly set up.
Everything we need is here but the shopping is limited for food. Everyone must be going to the main land. The island had 6 vitners,yet a very small island. None of the wine is exported. We find a English speaking gentleman at a restaurant who is happy to take us on a wine tasting and mentions if we are interested he can lead us to the bike rental if we are interested. Everyone is always helpful that way. The town is not very big,easy to walk everywhere. cobblestone streets and vine covered homes.One fifth muslim 2, medieval mosques, A former Greek quarter, nowadays just twenty elderly Orthodox inhabitants remain residents.
The beach is a dolmus ride away or 1 ½ hour walk on the other side of the island.
1500h After lunch at take a walk up to meet up with our tour guide. The winery is in town so we just walk. Red tile floor like at work , stainless steel vats and the storage tanks made of concrete. After the wine tasting we each bought a bottle to try out at dinner.
I’m on galley duty , we are having beef stir fry with a bottle of Shiraz.
2030h Clean up after dinner and we are all tired from the rough night of sailing and lack of restful sleep. I managed to watch 30 min. of a movie and passed out. The rest went down by 2200h.

Mosque Mineret in background, top right,military housing



Older homes







 

Older turkish home.hotel

 I like this village, another favorite if the beach is good. The plan is to be here for one or 2 nights. Docking costs where 75 euros but Altan talked them into getting us a reduce rate of 50 e with power and water. Some of the other spots where as much as 80e.