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Today is market day. Abu's advice of rising early was again spot on. The market was just building up as the sun rose higher in the sky. The stall holders were on fire as they sold their wares to anyone that would give them a second of attention. There were some amazing things to buy and my magpie eyes managed to rack up an expensive jewellery list in my head! We bought a few items and walked away relatively unscathed and feeling a bit more prepared for our trip to the Saturday night market.
We returned to the apartment at just the right time for a busy afternoon of relaxing by the pool reading, swimming and generally basking in the glorious sunshine. Last night whilst at Bamboo Palace, we met two English guys that amongst other pearls of local wisdom advised that we visit a Greek restaurant nearby that was un-missable. The views of the sunset were worth it alone apparently.
Not entirely sure of where we were going we set off towards Little Vagator. It felt great to have that element of unknown adventure walking through streets with no real idea of where we were going. We found the place; it's called Thalassa (a first born Greek Sea Goddess). WOW, what a place, set on the cliff top, it is not clear what the place looks like until you venture on inside. As you walk up the paving stones through the few coconut palms bungalows you see a clean cut, crisp modern restaurant with the most mind blowing view over Little Vagator bay. The palms are swaying in the breeze and you could quite easily pass a whole evening watching the sun on its journey towards the horizon and enjoying the night. The guys we had met advised us to get there early to get a front row seat at the best tables in the house.
Sy and I ate slowly; starter by starter we worked our way through the menu taking in tzatziki, spiced Feta and vine leaves. Accompanied by refreshing wine and beer, a shared mixed grill was enjoyed as we watched the beautiful orange sun dip through the palm trees towards the sea.
Finished off with stunning desserts we were utterly overwhelmed by the whole experience. Sy immediately decided that he's like to revisit for his birthday meal and we booked it there and then. The walk back to the apartment was fun, mentally skipping with joy, on top of the world.
Turned out the two guys were staying in Portugeisa too so we stopped off in their villa for a few drinks and talked until the small hours about their travels, life in Turkey, music and random tales. I was way too tipsy when we left and in true Kate style giggled all the way home.
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