We woke up early on Wednesday to get ready for our excursion to Western Turkey. This suited Suzanne
as she had her breakfast
and my breakfast
made me happy
before we reached the airport and noted that our flight was on time
and enjoyed our meal on the plane though it was cleared almost as quickly as it was served.
Once we landed, we had an hour drive from Izmir to Kusadasi on the coast and we captured photos of Dur (i.e. STOP) signs along the way
before checking into our room at the Kismet
noting that the bathroom was on a more human scale than we had been used to
and that the views were remarkable
not to mention the tea service in the room
which was quite large. We spent the afternoon exploring the beach and the pool area but I neglected to bring along my camera and so there are no photos of the beach on the Aegean Sea or of the massive swimming pool or of the girl with the many tattoos who was sun bathing topless at the pool. These are left to the viewers imagination
but when we came back to the room and tried to capture these views
we also noticed that the sun was going down
and so we got a few more photos
and noted the ship at sea
as the sun began its descent
including these reflections of the sunset in our window
and this one directly
as Suzanne
admired the sunset
and took these pictures of me
and then we tried to capture the entire context of the ship at sea
the coastline
and the ever growing sunset in all directions
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which Suzanne was enjoying from the privacy of our deck
and as the sun continued down
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I did a few experiments with the settings on my camera
before returning to the sunset in a variety of presentations
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until at darkness we headed to the bar/restaurant of the hotel to capture the breadth of views (on the one hand, it had a Miami Beach feel with every inch of shoreline claimed; on the other, it was quite a beautiful site to see).
At the bar, we admired this sign
as we ordered our drinks
and then headed to dinner where Suzanne
and I
liked the flowers on our table
as the bread came
and a large pepper mill came forth
for Suzanne's food
even as my salads arrived
and I decided to take photos of my plate at a variety of settings on the camera (though the differences are so subtle as to be not noticeable)
and then we had dessert
and after a few views of the scenery
we took this self portrait
and the waiter took this photo of us and we called it a night.
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as she had her breakfast
and my breakfast
made me happy
before we reached the airport and noted that our flight was on time
and enjoyed our meal on the plane though it was cleared almost as quickly as it was served.
Once we landed, we had an hour drive from Izmir to Kusadasi on the coast and we captured photos of Dur (i.e. STOP) signs along the way
before checking into our room at the Kismet
noting that the bathroom was on a more human scale than we had been used to
and that the views were remarkable
