It's our last day in Kusadasi, and we most likely won't return until spring. I long hard but wonderful summer went by too slowly and too fast at the same time. The kids and Tolga went to the beach, I put Tuana to sleep and cleaned the house some while she slept. I finished and rewarded myself with a beer just as Tuana woke up and we went to beach together.
Man that beer put me in a good mood.
Our friends were at the beach celebrating too. Their Ukranian friend was leaving today - so they had beers on the beach and were eating mussels. I joined them and we kept trying to hide the beers from David - because their one-and-a-half year old has a taste for beer.
The sea was perfect. Clean and clear. My kids were playing in the big inflatable boat - Adults rowing it out, and them pushing it in the shallows. They love that boat and were excited and crying easily as well - our vacation wits' end.
We visited our uncle whose house is on the beach front where we sit. It's a ratty overpacked duplex, rusting with the sea. We kissed his hand, wished him iyi bayramlar.
We headed home and my cousins prepared dinner. My youngest cousin fried everything: meat, vegetables, potatoes with pasta on the side. They don't eat healthy generally - but this was topping it all. My cousin's husband said,
"I won't eat pasta without butter and salt."
Begum, my cousin's 25 year old daughter said, "You ate it like this a few days ago.
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did."
Awkward.
Baba, as always, couldn't wait to eat and my diabetic father-in-law snacked on bread, french fries, ate pasta and drank cola. My beach friends came later, and I joked with Maria's husband to tell Baba you came to check his blood sugar. Baba tries to be good for the doctors. Maria's kids and mine ran around in the garden. They kept their visit short as our kids needed to go to bed.
Tomorrow we will leave early in the morning.
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