Dikili

Dikili

This was perhaps our most relaxing day of the trip..we didn't have an excursion planned and the town is really not a tourist destination. So not much shopping to be done.  We decided to take a walk into Town just to checked it out.

We walked along the shore where there was a small market lots of water front restaurant and some beach area.  We then walked more into town.  You can definitely tell that there are not many tourists here and most of the tourist who may be here are Turkish.  Many people looked at us curiously to look at our clothing our shoes etc.

We decided it was time for a cocktail and it was getting very hot walking the streets.  We went to one of the lovely water front p,aces for a drink and a small snack of course...it had been way too long since I had a piece of pizza so we ordered 2 small pizzas .  They arrived with a variety of toppings.,  some meat, corn, olives.  May have actually been a frozen pizza for for a quick bite it was just fine.

We headed back to the ship for a lot of napping...we found a nice spot on the back of the ship where we all dozed off or read our books.  That is pretty much how the rest of the day progressed.  More napping in our cabins before the captain's dinner tonight.  In the late afternoon we could see that we were sailing into rain.  There was some  lighting out at sea but I. Wild not say we were in a storm.

This would be the 1of 2 nights when the boys would wear the jackets they brought.  We met up in the bar at 8 and the maitre d came to find us to tell us we needed to come to dinner since it was the captains dinner everyone finishes at the same time.  We were seated in a booth for 6 not knowing if 2 other may join us.

About 10 minutes after being seated a party of 4 came in 2 were seated at the table next to us and 2 with us.   We got the 2 children..well not children, 19 and 21 years old.. The sat down  and said hello parents! They were very nice and we had a great dinner with them.  They are from Southern California.  Mackenzie was excited to hear that we were from Philadelphia.  She is considering University of Penn to continue her English lit studies. So I told her all about the city and all the great thing but also how it would be very different from Southern California.  Tanner is studying film at a school in Southern California.  They were really enjoying the trip although there were rally no others their age and you could tell that they appreciated the opportunity to take such a trip and how lucky they were.  They have family in Turkey and will spend 3 weeks in Turkey after the cruise.  They asked a lot about us and how we all met and what we all did.   Michelle gave the Peace Corps pitch...maybe a new recruit..

The capital gave a toast/ speech and talked about the rescue at sea the previous evening.  He apologized the inconvenience and specifically said one person was very upset because of the disturbance but we were saving so done life...we all guessed that person was feeling pretty bad at that
point.

After dinner tonight was the crew and passenger talent show.  It was very funny .  A lot of the crew participated.  Some with actual talent and some being funny.  A few passengers even participated.

Tomorrow will be another relaxing day.  Our time In Port is very short and we do not have an excursion planned so we will likely stay on board and relax.