Ayvalic - on the Angean Sea.

Ayvalic - the gorgeous little coastal town on the Angean Sea. I headed here from Troy for a couple nights stay in a gorgeous pension - which is basically a homestay. There are a lot of them here, people who turn their homes into a sort of hotel/bed and breakfast type thing. Ive attached a few shots of the Pension (the first two are of the house, one of a sign at the front door and another of the gorgeous medetarian feeling living room, really rustic and homely). I spent a couple days here just wandering about, relaxing and spent several hours in a local man's little 2nd hand shop learning Turkish. Ive put up a couple photos of him, one of him inside his shop and one of him sitting outside tinkering away at something. We had on particularlly interesting conversation, with his limited English and my almost non-existant Turkish about how our word 'sick' means 'dick' in Turkish so if I tell someone I feel sick, Im actually saying I want to fuck ... umm .. we spent quite a bit of time desiphering what the other one meant .. I thought things were getting VERY weird when he started talking about my babies being sick fuck, fucking, penis, sick fuck, fucking sick etc etc .. I nearlly walked off very upset that our Turkish lessons had taken such a turn! He was getting distressed that I didnt understand and that I thought he was being rude .. after much apologising and embarrassment on my behalf, I thanked him kindly for possibly helping me avoid a bad situation in telling someone I felt sick .. or rather that I felt like penis .. umm .. not so good!!! He was gorgeous and when I left, I asked him how much an old tin that I'd seen lying about cost .. he insisted that I take it as a gift and was most offended that I tried to pay, he said that if I pay him for something then the friendship would be broken .. it made a lot of sense, and I love the tin! Was a fairly uneventful stop, but peaceful and relaxing. Was nice to be near the water and stay in such a gorgeous home. I'm starting to like Turkey more and more.

Oh and my passport is still on holiday.