We depart at 0930h heading for Cesme (chesme) from our overnight anchorage in Sarpedere Limani.
The trip will take about 5 hours and we will arrive at 1400h.
We didn’t sail today , all motoring , the winds are right on our bow.
1400h Once docked in Cesme I head for the showers. Very nice, new and clean , they even had the rain shower heads.
1430 Tim and I go to check out the supermarkets and to find Alison and Mark who have left with the shopping cart. Couldn’t find them so we head back to the boat and they came back shortly after. We grabbed the cart and went to the fresh greens market then over the pick up meat and bread at bakery and grocery store. Meat is expensive here, we only buy chicken and ground beef and if we find a butcher sometimes a big chuck of steak.
I leave Tim on the boat. He is on galley duty today. Dinner menu is curried chicken and rice. Mmmm
Since we are only here for one night we don’t have much time to check out the town. The walk to the center of town is 15 min. I walked along the water /inner harbor. All kind of restaurants and they always look so nice with the different colored table napkins and matching pillow. Great glassware (vases and ashtrays) to match.
IN town of course it’s the usual tourist shops and there are always several shops with the knock off clothes and purses. Hermes, Channel, Armani, Lois Vu, etc.
Bought some postcards to send but haven’t been able to find stamps. Only at post office and they were closed. US and UK stamps on the street sometimes. Not sure of the difference. Very few shop owners speak a lot of English.
1930h back to the boat just in time for dinner and to meet the 2 new crew members, Malin and Emilie both about 23 , Swedish, going to school for engineering.
2200h I head out on the town again. Thought there might be some live entertainment at the bar on the marina but I guess it’s only on the weekend.
Its still slow season here so most of the tourists are Turkish and very few. The restaurants only have 3 or 4 tables at each. With 10 restaurants on the harbor it’s not easy to fill them at this time.
2330 head back to the boat , time for bed.
Tomorrow we leave at 1000h.
We traveled 23 km today with lunch on the fly.( no anchoring)
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| Chesme square |
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| Marina Chesme |
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| In front of castle, Chesme |
The trip will take about 5 hours and we will arrive at 1400h.
We didn’t sail today , all motoring , the winds are right on our bow.
1400h Once docked in Cesme I head for the showers. Very nice, new and clean , they even had the rain shower heads.
1430 Tim and I go to check out the supermarkets and to find Alison and Mark who have left with the shopping cart. Couldn’t find them so we head back to the boat and they came back shortly after. We grabbed the cart and went to the fresh greens market then over the pick up meat and bread at bakery and grocery store. Meat is expensive here, we only buy chicken and ground beef and if we find a butcher sometimes a big chuck of steak.
I leave Tim on the boat. He is on galley duty today. Dinner menu is curried chicken and rice. Mmmm
Since we are only here for one night we don’t have much time to check out the town. The walk to the center of town is 15 min. I walked along the water /inner harbor. All kind of restaurants and they always look so nice with the different colored table napkins and matching pillow. Great glassware (vases and ashtrays) to match.
IN town of course it’s the usual tourist shops and there are always several shops with the knock off clothes and purses. Hermes, Channel, Armani, Lois Vu, etc.
Bought some postcards to send but haven’t been able to find stamps. Only at post office and they were closed. US and UK stamps on the street sometimes. Not sure of the difference. Very few shop owners speak a lot of English.
1930h back to the boat just in time for dinner and to meet the 2 new crew members, Malin and Emilie both about 23 , Swedish, going to school for engineering.
2200h I head out on the town again. Thought there might be some live entertainment at the bar on the marina but I guess it’s only on the weekend.
Its still slow season here so most of the tourists are Turkish and very few. The restaurants only have 3 or 4 tables at each. With 10 restaurants on the harbor it’s not easy to fill them at this time.
2330 head back to the boat , time for bed.
Tomorrow we leave at 1000h.
We traveled 23 km today with lunch on the fly.( no anchoring)
