Dalyan – 2nd November

I was somewhat woolly headed on Saturday 2nd November when the alarm went off. The plan had been to get up early and go to the market before I had to go to meet friends for an outing. I managed my cup of tea in bed and then Captain Caveman said he couldn’t be bothered to go to the market as we didn’t really need much, except we were out of potatoes. It was sunny as I took all the empty bottles to the bin and waited for Vanessa to walk towards me. She was off back to England via Istanbul on Tuesday, so I wouldn’t see her until next year. She had organised a walk to the Gunlüklü restaurant with a couple of our friends, and invited me too. I wasn’t sure if it was just my head because of the hangover but Vanessa was chatting faster and louder than usual, as we walked to meet the other 2 ladies at Waterfall.
By the time we actually got to Gunlüklü I was feeling a bit more hungover. We all ordered food and drink; I chose a big bottle of water and a pide but unfortunately the ovens weren’t on so I just ordered a plate of chips. My fellow diners ordered a tuna salad, mezes and a Spaghetti Bolognese.    At Gunlüklü they offer free tea or coffee after a meal so two of us took advantage and had a Turkish tea. I mentioned I would like to get back to get to the market. We got the bill, paid individually and here’s what I spent, in lira;

Gunlüklü restaurant
1 big water 25
Chips 125
Turkish tea FREE
Total spent 150 lira (£3.39)

Here’s what I managed to buy at the market, prices in lira;

Stall 1
Potatoes 22.50

Stall 2
Bananas 55

Stall 3
Lemons & Green Peppers 25

Stall 4
Pumpkin 25

Total spent 127.50 lira (£2.88)
Quite a bargain!

On the walk home, Vanessa was chatting about her forthcoming trip to Istanbul next week and was excited to be going. I mentioned I needed to nip in to Migros to see if they had any Quark and Vanessa came with me. Here’s what I bought with the prices in lira;

Migros Supermarket
1 packet Orzo 11.75
300g Chestnuts 59.99
3 Quark 89.85
610g Chicken 166.50
Total spent 328.09 lira (£7.41)

After that, Vanessa suggested a juice in Jiks and I said yes. They didn’t have freshly squeezed juice so Vanessa treated us to a regular one for 60 lira (£1.36) each.
At home, it was as if Captain Caveman had not moved from where I left him over 6 hours ago and I didn’t even ask what I already knew the answer to.
We had diet coke chicken for dinner which I had only defrosted from the freezer and served it with steamed rice and red cabbage. It wasn’t bad for a make-do dinner.