Christmas Eve Lunch Buffet Hosted by Netsel Marina

Merhaba

   Merry Christmas Eve.  Ours certainly has been.  Randal and I started the day with a walk around town with Mary and Rick to prepare us for the huge buffet at 1 pm.  We were definitely ready for it.

It was lots of fun and now I’m writing it up while Randal is off at Scorpio Bar listening to one of the cruisers perform.  I was just too pooped to go and needed some quiet time.  There are more festivities tomorrow!  The sun is cooperating and we have a few days of sunshine.  Hope you all are enjoying time with family, friends, and loyal 4 legged pals!

Ru

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Buffet hosted by The Netsel Marina: prizes from marina area merchants.

Roast Turkey and dressing and the lovely fragrant

rice were the stars of the show.  The vodka punch

with chopped fruit wasn’t bad either!

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The Usual Suspects………

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Randal and Irina led the parade.

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Turkey and rice, this plates for ME.   Yum !

The real star of the show is the chef from the

Netsel Workers’ Canteen. We have often eaten

lunch at the canteen and are never disappointed.

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The entertainment was as good as the food:  the

Black and White seemed to capture his personality and

the lively classical pieces he’d selected to play. He even played

“If I Were A Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof and Hava Nagila

both interesting choices for a Christmas buffet in Turkey.

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There were friends….

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And families….

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Joanne and her daughter.

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Son-in-law and grandson who had just arrived from

Scotland and who was dealing wonderfully well with jet lag and lots

of strange faces.

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If your number was drawn, you won a prize; and everyone won!

I won 50 TL towards a rental car and Randal won a really nice leather

belt with anchors on it.  All of the prizes were donated by shops at the

marina.

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Between Alex and Diana they had the winning number

For the grand prize; a gift basket of goodies.

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Guess…  Wrong!

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Guess again…probably wrong again unless you do meditation.

We had a demonstration from a woman who offers classes

in meditation.

I did learn one thing from this demonstration; looking upwards

as a way to stop inappropriate hysterical laughter does not work

especially after both a glass of vodka punch and a glass of white wine.

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And finally, there were even left-overs that folks could take home!

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Maybe a gift for kitty?