Tag Archives | Diesel Duck

Ephesus, the end

  Yesterday morning there was a Ladies’ Coffee and the new marina manager came to say hello and to field some questions and concerns.  He managed to soften everyone (about 15 of us) up by having the bar serve really good cake and tea th…

Ephesus Part 2

  We tested out the Marina restaurant last night.  There is only one restaurant and 1,600 berths so you can imagine.  It took forever for our order to be taken and the noise level was ridiculous, but Randal said his steak actually tasted…

Ephesus Ancient Site Part 1

  In the tropics you can do your laundry at sunrise and it will be dry before 10 am.  Here you do your laundry at sunrise and maybe it’s dry by 2 pm.  I did laundry on Sunday and today and both times shortly after it was hung up th…

Some fun stuff

An extra email just for fun.
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Fast Food and Silly Shopping Stories

Linda Levy being Linda Levy
This picture was taken on Marmaris waterfront but seems an appropriate illustration for this story. . Marmaris Yacht Marina is about a 30 minute b…

First bit about Marmaris

   Today Linda, Randal and I took the small dolmus (small bus) to town for food shopping at the Tansas Supermarket.  It was hot enough to wear a t-shirt and shorts. Tonight I’m in flannel and a sweatshirt.  When the sun goes d…

Back on DoraMac

  The afternoon winds are whistling!  But that’s ok:  it’s howling winds that cause problems.  We’ll definitely have to get used to the Mediterranean weather patterns.  Yesterday about an hour before noon we w…

Having fun while waiting

What is happening on Diesel Duck? (Continued…)

Something showing up on the radar…

It’s been too long since I updated the blog; here’s what’s happening: Dorothy and I arrived back in Seattle (from Hong Kong) 12 April; very kindly picked up at SEATAC by Kurt & Marcia (Alpenglow). An interesting moment on the flight home was du…

Mary’s House near Ephesus

  It’s 1:30pm and Randal and I are relaxing back in our room, drying out from our morning walk in the rain, I decided to leave my umbrella in the room and Randal doesn’t have one so our rain jackets, pants and backpack got fairly wet.&…

The Blue Mosque

  Linda, Michael, Randal and I arrived in Marmaris late this afternoon.  We left Pamukkale at 10:30 am on a local shuttle to Denizli and then caught the 11:30 bus from Denizli to Marmaris.  We arrived in Marmaris almost an hour late beca…