Dalyan – 5th November

On Tuesday 5th November it was all go, seeing as yesterday I had been out at the beach for most of the day. Today was the day that Vanessa and Matt left to go back to the UK via Istanbul, Captain Caveman had a morning Bridge session and it was a month since Captain Caveman had arrived in Dalyan. Obviously, it had not been all hearts and flowers – more Bridge and me getting on Captain Caveman’s nerves for nagging him to do anything other than play or watch Bridge.
I had a reply from a very nice man at Sotheby’s who had said that, as my Egyptian fine art prints were valued at less than £5,000 he couldn’t help me. He then proceeded to help me by telling me that my particular prints were worth at least £100 each and that I should get in touch with Bonham’s in London, as well as a few other auction houses he mentioned. I went to the post office, as I was hopeful of getting my new Residency card today. The same nice man I saw on Friday, told me that yesterday the post man had come from Ortaca with it but I wasn’t in so it was now at the Post Office in Ortaca and, if I didn’t collect it this week, they would send it up to Muğla. I had spent pretty much every weekday since my appointment not going out and the day they supposedly try to deliver it, I’m out! They had not called or texted so I guessed he hadn’t actually tried to post it. What a palava, I asked the man what time the postman had been and he gave me the impression that he didn’t believe he had been either. He called the post office in Ortaca and asked them to bring it to the post office in Dalyan this afternoon and I said I would be back at 3pm. I really hoped that would happen as I didn’t fancy a bus ride to Ortaca, or a day out in Muğla trying to track down my new card.
I had overnight oats for breakfast and then nibbled on olives while doing some work. Captain Caveman came back and we had pumpkin soup with orzo and bread before I went to meet Mom and go back to the post office. As it was a new month I conducted the banking to put in my required amount in and then waited in the queue at the post office. My new residency card had arrived, only 42 days after my appointment and just 17 days after the old one expired! This gave me an indication that if I wanted to leave Turkey for longer than 15 days in 2025, I would potentially be looking at 7th May before I could book a flight, knowing that I had the card in my hand. Our next stop was Captainnet where I updated the man with my new card, he seemed happy but reminded me that even though I had a new card, it was only valid for 6 months, but I could apply again in 4 months and I could only pay my internet for 1 month at time.
Mom and I wandered over to the bank where I withdrew what I had put in and then added some more from my English account to draw out tomorrow. We called at the shop where I bought the following, prices in lira;

Migros Supermarket
2 tins tomatoes 59.90
Frozen berries 99.95
Total spent 159.85 lira (£3.58)

I said farewell to my Mom as my parents were off out with friends tonight for a meal.
Back home, Captain Caveman made pasta for dinner and I had a glass of white wine with it. I decided to cook some chestnuts for a snack while watching a film but had a bit of an issue. As I was eating a chestnut my tooth cracked, one with an old filling in, and the whole filling and most of the tooth came out. Just what I needed – a visit to the dentist in the morning! Tomorrow was weigh day and I had consumed 283 syns this week so tomorrow’s Fat Club weigh in wasn’t looking favourable. I took a paracetamol for the tooth pain and went to bed early.