Free and Easy
I’ve had Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young’s “Wooden Ships” stuck in my head for about a week now. That’s pretty painful. I’ve made several attempts to replace it; I’m hoping Stephen Speaks will finally win (there’s something tonally similar with “Weather” and “Wooden Ships,” so here’s hoping).
The Black Sea was a lot of fun. It’s still off-season despite the very acceptable weather, so things were cheap and places were largely empty. They can grill up a pretty nice sea bass (deniz levrek) here. It’s bones-in, though (and head-attached for that matter), so good luck with that. Crunch.
We saw a Roman castle on the way home that I couldn’t even make a guess to date.
We have been inaugurated into the realm of the dolmuş (shared taxi) as of our return from Kilyos. This one was actually a mini-bus, and you can pretty much line that up with any pictures of little dusty buses buzzing through India you might have seen. A 3 TL two-person mini-bus ride was equivalent to a 20 TL cab ride on the way there. This is how the locals get it done on a day-to-day basis.