[The four "Catching Up" posts were composed during our four days "at sea" -- and far away from any Internet connection. They were added to the blog on Monday, May 19, 2014, after our arrival at our hotel in Kusadasi, near Ephesus.]
A pleasant day at leisure in paradise: while two thirds of the group went off on a hike, the remaining four of us spent the morning wandering along the rocky shore, exploring Cleopatra's Bath (a wedding gift, along with the whole of the Turquoise Coast, from Mark Anthony back in the day), and lazing around on our gulet.
Although the weather continues bright, sunny and cool, the wind has kept ship movement essentially confined to coves and waterways sheltered from the Mediterranean. Our captain motors around from cove to cove, but we haven't really traveled far at all from our port of origin. Not that it really matters; the scenery looks good from wherever we are, and moving from anchorage to anchorage -- even if only a short distance away -- seems to change everything.
And so, once the entire group reassembled, we simply continued to laze away the day, swimming, reading, napping, snacking on ice cream brought ship-side by an enterprising vendor: a nice "vacation" from our vacation ...
A pleasant day at leisure in paradise: while two thirds of the group went off on a hike, the remaining four of us spent the morning wandering along the rocky shore, exploring Cleopatra's Bath (a wedding gift, along with the whole of the Turquoise Coast, from Mark Anthony back in the day), and lazing around on our gulet.
Although the weather continues bright, sunny and cool, the wind has kept ship movement essentially confined to coves and waterways sheltered from the Mediterranean. Our captain motors around from cove to cove, but we haven't really traveled far at all from our port of origin. Not that it really matters; the scenery looks good from wherever we are, and moving from anchorage to anchorage -- even if only a short distance away -- seems to change everything.
And so, once the entire group reassembled, we simply continued to laze away the day, swimming, reading, napping, snacking on ice cream brought ship-side by an enterprising vendor: a nice "vacation" from our vacation ...
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