Real Fake Handbags in Kusadasi

We are both very fond of Kusadasi because we visited it twice on holiday in the early years of our marriage in the 1980s. So it is always a pleasure to revisit it. We didn’t book a trip this time, but instead strolled up the familiar Main Street where the shopkeepers called out to us and all of the other tourists, to entreat us to buy their wares. They were insistent but very friendly. Items for sale included many “real fake watches” and “real fake handbags” and “real fake shoes.” Needless to say, I couldn’t help purchasing a couple of cute little bags. From former experience these look great for a couple of months and then break! James looked for a sports bag but couldn’t see one that was what he wanted. 

We had coffee in a wee bar half way up the street, and it was just lovely watching the world go by. As well as the shopkeepers and the tourists with their bulging shopping bags, there were locals riding mopeds, and an old guy with a barrow piled high with grapes for sale. 

Back on the ship we had a relaxing afternoon by the pool, a nice dinner and then went to the pub quiz followed by drinks with Gosia and Mitchell, the pleasant couple we met a few days ago. 

I haven’t mentioned our evenings much; in the ship you have a huge variety of activities that you can choose all day and all evening. If you wish you can listen to music in the bars, go to a show, go dancing (old-fashioned or disco!) or go to various quizzes and games. There is absolutely no pressure to go to any of these things, which suits us. So James and I dip in and out of these activities as the mood takes us, but we have formed a habit of going to the pub quiz with Mitchell, Gosia, and another pleasant couple called Ken and Elaine. We don’t win (there is a very clever group of quizzers who win every evening!) but it’s great fun.