Revisiting my favorite hill-side scenery

B Dock

Netsel Marina

Marmaris Turkey

Mutlu Yıllar   or to be really formal  Yeni Yılınız Kutlu Olsun.   Translation in both cases is Happy New Year! 

There will be festivities at Sailors’ Point this evening.  It starts at 8 pm so Randal and I will have to stay up later than usual just to make the beginning of it all.  Our tradition is to be awakened by the fireworks going off at midnight.  Sound really carries when you’re near the water.  The last time I actually stayed up until mid-night was to watch game 4 of the 2004 World Series.  Thankfully for the 2007 Series we were in the Philippines so I only had to get up by 7 am to watch the games.  And by 2013 it was somehow not so much on my radar that I can’t even remember the series; and we were home!  The point being, Randal and I aren’t ‘stay up until midnight’ people unless we’re on watch and that’s a whole other story. 

Yesterday morning I took a break from boat cleaning to go for a morning walk while the sun was shining.  The forecast has been rain all day for days.  So I get out while the getting’s good. 

So from DoraMac : Peace, good health, good friends and whatever you wish for 2015.

Ru

DoraMac

Morning walk around Marmaris

With the weather this week always calling for rain, I get out and walk early before the rain actually arrives.  Thankfully we’ve had more sun than rain the past few days.  Tuesday night the wind howled, it rained, it hailed.  Luckily we’d come back to DoraMac from Happy Hour at Pineapple just before it all happened.  But early Tuesday morning I’d gone walking up the hill to the castle and it was just lovely.

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Easy to know which way the wind blows

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Not sure if you can tell, but our new passerelle lets us walk off the boat fairly easily.  Our old one was at quite an angle making it really hard for me to get off.  Now I just hold onto the dingy straps for some balance and it’s so much easier.  Yay!!!!!

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Netsel Marina bridge

There are three bridges cross the canals that flow into town from the bay.  This one is the closest to the waterfront.  I started here and then decided to walk up the hill-side towards the castle.

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Part way up the hill-side I came upon this empty space that would be so tempting for just about anything; home, studio, shop, café…. Wood floors, lots of windows and light and a great setting.

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Homes climb up the hill-side all with wonderful views of town or the bay and, unfortunately, the neighbors’ satellite dishes.

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A lovely small courtyard.

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Always lots of cats!

It went down; I kept going up.

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Orange cat, blue window, purple flower and the lovely winding stairs.

This path dead-ended at the gates of a restaurant so I turned around to follow a different route.

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Mediterranean Blue

I’ll never tire of this combination; seaside colors.

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Narrow walkways have always attracted me much more than huge boulevards with massive architecture.  They hold more surprises.

Just a quick visit into the Marmaris Castle so I could take photos from the castle walls.  I will visit again to see the displays.  This is the first time we’ve been here that the castle has been open.  Our first year it was being rennovated.  Then we missed the season.  Now it seems to be opened all year round except for Mondays. 

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Photos from the castle walls.  If I zoomed in (way in) you could see DoraMac.

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Looking back towards Marmaris town

Walking down from the castle I passed by this cute wine bar.

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Outdoor dining! 

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The first woman had no cane or I would have thought I had met her earlier.  I really do like the mix and match patterns and colors.  I sneak the photos because I think, unlike the ladies on the http://advancedstyle.blogspot.com. blog, these ladies would be shy about their ‘fashions.’  Because if I’d really taken the time with each one, I’d have definitely noticed the different head scarfs and sweathers and sock patterns!

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Interesting window displays. 

The vests were burlap and the skirts dried herbs.  I definitely must return to both shops when they’re open.

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The ‘coffee club’ was still meeting so I stopped for a chat.    Buttons in his new Christmas sweater.

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Big boat!

Standing on B dock looking back across to the castle.  We do have a lovely view of town!