I love your style
Kalkan day 3

Since I have been in Kalkan a number of times people have praised my look and style, the first time was the hotel bar manager, Josef, who said:

I really love your harmony.

Today we had a leisurely day. We had a lie in and a late breakfast at the hotel. Once we were done there we chilled in the room before going for a stroll to find some food.

Lunch

For lunch we decided to take a walk down to the harbour. We walked through the back streets rather than going down the main streets. It was very peaceful.

When we got down near the harbour again someone said to me, I really like your style, I was wearing a red Batik Sarong I bought in Chiang Mai, a red Massive Attack t-shirt, a red flat cap and my Kodes red Glasses chain. He asked me what I did for a living and I told him that I built websites. In return I asked what he did and he said he was a Director, I also said that I was a Director of my own company. To which he said he was a Movie Director, I thanked him for his compliment and we continued our stroll.

Then we spotted Korsan Meze which had a lovely shaded terrace and we decided to stop there for lunch. I had a Spicey Beef Pide and Susan had Sea Bream, the food was brilliant and very tasty.

After lunch we walked back to our hotel to get some stuff before heading to the friends villa. On the way we looked for shops that may sell postcards to no joy.

Post Office

Once back at the hotel I headed to the reception to ask where I could buy stamps and postcards. They told me that the Post Office has free postcards and they will also sell me stamps. So on the way to the Villa we stopped off at the postoffice on the way.

I found the postcards and choose 21 of them. I decided last year that when traveling it would be nice to send postcards to friends to bring a smile to their day, in SE-Asia last year I sent 42.

When I got to the counter I explained that I needed enough stamps to send 21 postcards to London (that's just somewhere I knew they would know). After a while he came back with a sheet of 42 stamps. I said: "card please" as a method of payment. I was told that they only accept cash. I had no money or a card to withdraw money.

I asked if I could pay in Euros, but €20 was not enough so I ask iof I could give him £15 (GBP) also and was told that was still not enough and I would need another 100₺ (turkish Lira) ~ £1.60.

I would need to get some cash and comeback another day.

After spending the afternoon in our friends villa, relaxing, we headed back to the hotel to shower and change before going out for dinner with everyone.

Bar

We decided to meet at a bar that sold Guinness, before we found somewhere that could seat 17 of us for dinner. The bar was Bezirgan Pub. When we entered there was a man fast asleep on one of the chairs in the bar. We thought that he was a customer who had fallen asleep. There was no sign of any staff and eventually we awoke him and found out he was the owner.

Alternatif

For dinner,the birthday girl and her friend found Alternatif. The staff were brilliant and very accommodating for such a large party.

I had the turkish Moussaka and asked for chilli, it was very tasty but there was a distinct lack of spiciness.

Near the end of our meal they dimmed the lights and started playing Happy Birthday, we all joined in singing, but it became clear that they were not bringing a birthday surprise for our birthday girl but for another table altogether, they also had sparkling flares off the top of the building too.

After a few minutes passed it started all over again and this time it was for our birthday girl. They brought a chocolate cake with Happy Birthday written in chocolate sauce.

While we were there I was sat next to the birthday girl's Grand Daughter she, made as missing person post on her social media.