Men i søndag snuppede jeg så et fly til Bodrum. Jeg skal være her i 14 dage og bor på Diamond og Bodrum. Et rigtig dejlig hotel med en masse søde mennesker.
Hotellet og Bodrum i det hele taget, er der tyrkerne selv ynder at tage på ferie. Og da Ramadanen lige er slut og de har ferie i forbindelse med Şeker Bayram, ja så er her rigtig mange tyrkere. Og ikke så mange danskere og hollændere som der plejer.
Men det gør nu ikke så meget, det er bare hyggeligt, fordi det hele føles mere lokalt så.
(I've been looking forward to this holiday. To be honest , I've been really tired of my work at the nursing home the last few weeks. Probably because , a lot of extra work , summer staffing , etc. Usually , I love my work.
But last Sunday I took as a flight to Bodrum. I have to be here for 14 days and staying at Diamond of Bodrum. A really nice hotel with a lot of nice people .
The hotel and Bodrum in general , is the Turks themselves like to go on vacation. And since Ramadan just ended and they have a holiday in the Seker Bayram , so then here many Turks. And not so many Danes and Dutch as usual.
But it does not matter , it's just nice because it all feels more localized so.)
Lige et billede af den smukke udsigt fra hotellets lobby
(Just a picture of the beautiful view from the hotel lobby)
Og de smukke blomster fra altankassen
(And the beautiful flowers from the flower box)
Selvom alting er blevet mere brunt og vissent end da jeg var her i Juni. Så synes jeg stadig at Bodrum og Tyrkiet er utrolig smukt. Og jeg glæder mig meget til jeg skal ud og se mere af landet, når jeg holder mine 3 måneder orlov.
Jeg ankom i søndags, der gik resten af dagen bare med at pakke mine ting ud, være nede og spise og få snakket med de forskellige venner hernede.
Mandag var jeg en tur nede i spaen på Diamond. Og selvom det er lidt dyrt. Så kan de helt sikkert betale sig. Og personalet dernede er også blevet mine gode venner Selbihan og Halime.
Pigerne har desværre kun mulighed for at give lidt pengemæssig rabat, da de har en streng chef som kommer og kontrollere deres regninger. Tilgengæld, så smider de en masse ekstra ting oven i, for det kan ikke ses nogen steder.
Så denne gang fik jeg Hamam med sauna først, så en omgang saltbad(man skrubbes med store mængder havsalt), så ind og skylles i Hamam rummet, så fik jeg kaffeskrub, skrub med peeling handsken, skummassage og fod massage. Ind imellem hver behandling bliver man overhældt med skåle af varmt vand. Det er simpelthen bare så dejligt at det slet ikke er til at beskrive.
Har man endnu ikke prøvet Hamam, så er det bare afsted :) men føler sig som et nyt rent menneske bagefter.
Jeg har desværre ikke lige fået taget nogle billeder fra Haman, men hvis jeg husker det, skal jeg nok lægge dem på bloggen.
Resten af dagen bliv brugt på at snakke med mine tyrkiske venner, bade og spise.
Tirsdag var jeg sammen med Mustafa hele dagen. han var så heldig at have en af sine sjældne fridage. Vi tog i Midtown. Det er Bodrumhalvøens største shoppingcenter. Vi tog en dolmus(tyrkisk minibus) derud og det i sig selv er jo lidt af en oplevelse.
Hold da fast det var et stort indkøbscenter, der var virkelig mange butikker. Og Mustafa siger at priserne er meget billigere end i Bodrum by, han forstår slet ikke at turisterne handler der.
Jeg grinede og sagde at nu var det jo ikke sikkert at turisterne lige kendte til dette kæmpe indkøbscenter, man skal alligevel kører et stykke tid med bus før man kommer derud.
Endte med at købe en af mine yndlings deo'er som man ikke længere kan købe i Danmark(gad vide om den er for giftig til det danske markede, men godt må forhandles i Tyrkiet) nå det skal jeg nok ikke tænke for meget over.
Købte også en håndcreme med den dejligste duft af friske hindbær.
Og så købte jeg en Ipad mini. Den er godt nok ikke billigere end i Danmark, men for at jeg kan få Turkcell internet hernede, skal ens udstyr enten være købt i Tyrkiet eller også skal man have det indregistreret hos Skat. Det koster 115 lira og holder 3 år.
Man kan godt bruge det tyrkiske simkort i ens danske udstyr, men efter nogle dage, måske en uge, vil det ikke længere virke.
Og da en Ipad mini er lidt mere handy at have med på rundrejse i 3 måneder, så valgte jeg at købe en tyrkisk en af slagsen. De havde den selvfølgelig ikke hjemme, så vi skulle komme tilbage efter 3 dage og hente den. Mere om det senere;)
Vi spiste også på en af cafe'erne i Midtown, vi fik Iskender Kebab. Mums det smagte bare godt. Det er bestemt ikke sidste gang vi skal have det.
Kebab her i Tyrkiet er altså noget helt andet end i Danmark. Hvor jeg godt kan synes det er lidt halvklamt til tider.
(Although everything has become more brown and withered than when I was here in June . So I still think that Bodrum and Turkey are incredibly beautiful. And I am very happy to me to see more of the country when I keep my three months leave.
I arrived on Sunday , who went the rest of the day just to pack my things out, be down and eat and enjoy talking to different friends down here.
On Monday, I made a trip down the spa at Diamond . And although it is a little expensive , it is worth every penny. And the staff down there has also been my good friends Selbihan and Halime .
The girls have unfortunately only able to give some monetary discount since they have a strict boss who come and check their bills . On the other hand , so they throw a lot of extra stuff on top in. For it can do unnoticed
So this time I got Hamam with sauna first, then a salt bath ( one scrubbed with plenty of sea salt ) , so in and rinsed in Hamam room, so I got coffee scrub , scrub with peeling glove , foam massage and foot massage. In between each treatment will be doused with bowls of hot water. It 's just so nice that it is not to describe.
If you have not yet tried Hamam , it's sure worth a try :) you feel like a new person afterwards.
Unfortunately, I have not got pictures taken from Haman , but if I remember it , I'll put them on the blog.
The rest of the day I talked to my Turkish friends , bathed and ate.
On Tuesday I went along with Mustafa . He was fortunate to have one of his rare days off. We took in Midtown. It is Bodrum area's largest shopping center . We took a dolmus ( Turkish minibus) out there and that in itself is indeed quite an experience .
Holy shit that was a big mall that was really many stores. And Mustafa says that the prices are much cheaper than in Bodrum city , he can not understand why tourists shop there .
I laughed and said that it is not all tourists who know about this giant mall, you just need to run a while with the bus before you get there.
Ended up buying one of my favorite deodorant that you can no longer buy in Denmark ( wondering if it is too toxic to the Danish market , but good to be negotiated in Turkey) that I will not think too much about .
Also bought a hand cream with the most wonderful aroma of fresh raspberries .
And then I bought an Ipad mini. It is not cheaper than in Denmark . but for that I can get Turkcell Internet . the equipment must either be purchased in Turkey or else you have to have it registered with the tax authorities. It costs 115 lira and keeps 3 years.
You can use the Turkish simcard in one Danish equipment, but after a few days , maybe a week , it will no longer work.
And as an Ipad mini is a bit more handy to take with you on tour for 3 months , so I decided to buy a Turkish one. They did not have my ipad at home, so we had to come back after 3 days and get it. More about it later ;)
We also ate at a cafe in Midtown, we got Iskender Kebab . it tasted very good . It is certainly not the last time we'll have it.
Kebab here in Turkey is very different than in Denmark. In Denmark, I usually do not like kebab)
At the center , they also had a large pond with Koi fish. It was so beautiful. And they came right up to greet / eat one's fingers ;)
I centeret havde de også et stort bassin med Koi fisk. Det var altså smukt. Og de kom helt hen for at hilse/æde ens fingre ;)
Så tog vi en Dolmus hjem og tog på stranden. Der mødte vi nogle af hans venner som også arbejder på Diamond of Bodrum.
Først ville han ikke med ud at bade mens de var der, men til sidst overgav han sig. Det vidste sig så at han ikke kunne svømme. Så da vennerne var gået hjem, for at tage på arbejde. Så øvede vi lidt svømning og jeg forsøgte at lære ham at flyde. Det var ikke nemt. Men vi aftalte at vi skal øve resten af ferien indtil han lærer det.
Om aftenen var vi på vores yndlings restaurant, som ejes af nogle tyrkere fra Adana. Det er også den by Mustafa kommer fra.
Vi fik Adana kebab som smager rigtig godt, men det er lidt stærkt. Vi fik dog tyrkisk yoghurt til, så det hjælper lidt på det.
(So we took a Dolmus home and went to the beach. There we met some of his friends who also works at the Diamond of Bodrum.
First he wouldn't swim while they were there, but eventually he went in the water. The reason he would not with out swimming, was because he could not swim. So when friends had gone home, to go to work. So we practiced a little swimming and I tried to teach him to float. It was not easy. But we agreed that we must practice the rest of the holidays until he learns it.
In the evening we were at our favorite restaurant, owned by some Turks from Adana. It is also the town Mustafa comes from.
We got the Adana kebab which tastes really good, but it is a bit strong. but we got Turkish yogurt, so it helps a bit on the strong taste)
Billedet fra restauranten er desværre blevet ret mørkt. Så det er ikke så nemt at se.
(The picture from the restaurant is unfortunately become quite dark. So it is not so easy to see.)
På restauranten var der denne kat som kom og lagde sig ved vores bord.
Den ser sød ud ik?
(At the restaurant there was this cat who came and lay down at our table.
It looks cute?)
Det var den bestemt ikke. Jeg stak hånden ned langs min stol da den kom hen til mig, for troede den ville kæle. Stak ikke engang hånden hen til det. Slam så satte den lige kløerne i mine fingre. Møg kat. Så fik den ingen smagsprøver på Adana kebab ;)
(The cat was definitely not sweet. I stuck my hand down along my chair when it came to me, thought it wanted to cuddle. I did not touch the cat or came close to it. Yet put the claws in my fingers. Stupid cat. Then got the cat no tastings at Adana kebab;)
Bagefter gik vi lidt rund i Bodrums gader og kiggede. Vi var selvfølgelig også på den lokale cafe og drikke çay, som er tyrkisk the med masser af sukker. Det drikker man rigtig meget af hernede.
(Afterwards we went for a little round in Bodrum's streets and looked. We were of course also at the local cafe and drinking çay, Turkish tea with lots of sugar. They drink a lot of tea here in Turkey.)
En smuk solnedgang fra vores faste çay cafe.
(A beautiful sunset from our firm çay cafe.)
Onsdag var mest en afslappende dag, med tid ved stranden og hygge med pigerne i spaen.
Da Mustafa havde middagspause og havde sovet en time, havde vi aftalt at mødes på stranden og øve svømning. Vi havde dog ikke være i vandet mere end 5 min før Mustafa skar sig på noget glas. En ordentlig flænge, som bare blev ved med at bløde.
Det endte med at måtte til doktoren på hotellet, som bandt foden ind. Så nu er det i hvert fald slut med svømning de næste par dage. Og stakkels mand, hver gang han går, så går såret op igen. Og manden går jo 12 timer om dagen på arbejdet :(
Torsdag var jeg også på stranden, og så fik jeg endelig begyndt på den bog jeg havde taget med hjemmefra. Den hedder: en god muslims hustru.
Den handler om en engelsk ung pige som forelsker sig i en egyptisk muslimsk mand under en ferie rejse. De bliver gift og pludselig skifter han fra en sød charmerende mand, til en modbydelig tyran. Det ender med hun må flygte ud af landet med sine to små piger.
Den var faktisk så spændende at jeg havde læst den næsten helt færdig da jeg nåede til sengetid ;)
Fredag tog vi så til Midtown for at hente Ipad'en i Mustafas middagspause. Turde ikke begive mig derud alene, for var ikke sikker på jeg kunne finde ud af at komme hjem igen ;)
Ipad'en var selvfølgelig ikke kommet endnu, typisk Tyrkiet ;) Men de sagde de ville bringe den til hotellet en af dagene istedet. Det bekymre mig nu ikke så meget, for der er jo over en uge til jeg skal hjem, og går det helt galt kan Mustafa hente den, og så kan jeg bare få den når jeg kommer igen om 4 uger.
Resten af dagen blev brugt på afslapning, stranden og selvfølgelig læse bogen færdig.
(Wednesday was mostly a relaxing day, with time at the beach and have fun with the girls at the Spa.
When Mustafa had the dinner break and had slept an hour, we had agreed to meet on the beach and practice swimming. We had, however, not be in the water for more than 5 minutes before Mustafa cut himselves on some glass. A large wound, which just continued to bleed.
In the end, he went to the doctor to the hotel, which gave him a bandage on. So now it's over with swimming the next few days. And poor man, every time he goes, so goes the wound up again. And the man goes 12 hours a day at work:(
Thursday I was also at the beach, and then I got finally started on the book I had brought from home. It's called: a good Muslim wife.
It is about an English young girl who falls in love with an Egyptian Muslim man during a vacation trip. They get married and suddenly he switches from a sweet charming man, to a disgusting tyrant. In the end she must flee the country with her two little girls.
It was actually so exciting that I had read the book almost completely finished when I reached to bedtime;)
Friday we went then to Midtown to get the iPad in Mustafa's dinner break. I wouldn't take alone out there, wasn't sure I could figure out how to get home again;)
The iPad was of course not come yet, typical Turkey;) But they said they would bring it to the hotel one of the days instead. It worry me not, for more than a week before I will be home. and if that goes completely wrong, Mustafa receive it, and then I can just get it when I come back about 4 weeks.
The rest of the day was spent on relaxation, beach and of course read the book finished.)
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