Author Archives: Jane

This morning we met Aysegul our tour company owner. We were staying in her parents guesthouse and she came to pick us up and drop us at our next starting point in Cavdir. Once again an extremely hot day after a hot night where the temperature didn’t drop below 27C. we were however able toContinue reading “Day 5, aqueducts and streams and more rocks”

Having made the decision not to walk, we had a late breakfast. Plenty of salads, jams, honey, cheese, dried figs and walnuts and then TOASTED bread and a cheese omelette served from the pan. The day was spent walking from pool to bedroom and no further. An inspection of Danny’s knee last night and aContinue reading “Day 4. Pool work”

For once we were able to get an earlier start to the day with breakfast at 7.30. Instead of the compulsory omelette we were given a poached egg along with the usual, cheese tomato cucumber olives jams tahini paste bread etc, etc. We were on the road soon after 8am and within 2 minutes tryingContinue reading “day 3 and plenty of tumbles.”

The day started with another amazing array of breakfast dishes, enough to feed a small village. The trouble was once again the earliest we could get it was 9am and we were seated next to a tour group who are doing yoga morning and night and walking about 5-6 kms a day. They also wereContinue reading “Day 2. It’s safer on the roads. Well maybe”

After being woken by the call to prayer at 5.45 the day began. It seemed like it was only a few hours since the market sellers had shut down and turned off the music. It probably was as I could remember them being still at it after midnight. Our tour company promised to pick usContinue reading “What a day 1”

It was such a long day yesterday and the panic of our luggage not turning up added to the fatigue. I set the alarm in case we over slept but I needed have bothered as pre dawn there was the call to prayer. It seemed like it was just outside our window. In Italy weContinue reading “Pamukkale”

We left The apartment around 6.30 and unfortunately our local baker didn’t open until 7am so we missed our last croissant. The train station was packed with early commuters but we manage to find half a seat and grimly held onto our bags while all the time watching out for pickpockets. There are warnings overContinue reading “On our way to Turkey – well sort of”

On our last day in Paris we had tickets booked for Monets garden but we realised it would mean a 7am start on the metros and trains and we were both a bit over early mornings and we know there will be plenty ahead of us as we tend to get reasonably early starts whenContinue reading “Last tango in Paris”

I’m still playing catch up on Paris. It was very busy there and not much time to write. Our down time was sitting in bars watching the world go by and lots and lots of walking. We had great intentions of taking our picnic lunch to Versailles and we were packed up but it virtuallyContinue reading “Finishing off Paris”

Our journey started well with an easy trip to Sydney airport and getting on the plane to Perth. Unfortunately Qantas had changed our flight about a month before and we were faced with a 5 hour transit in Perth. Luckily we were able to have a shower in the lounge and then on to anContinue reading “Paris is a long way from home”