Started out at 7.30am with the food bag overflowing. Pasties, Kentucky fried Chick’n, salads, sandwiches and copious amounts of coffee, we didnt want to run out of food.
9.45 ran out of food.
An uneventful day really got to the outskirts of Izmir and tried the services, they were pretty basic, no toilet paper or hand towels in the toilets and 3 lira for a cup of Turkish tea, that’s today’s budget blown. For the British audience a lira is worth around 15 p.
Took a pic of this little boy at a junction who was so happy sitting on the wall singing, his mother, father and brother were dodging traffic trying to sell bottles of water to the passing cars. I said ‘well he looks happy’, his dad said ‘yes he doesn’t have to start selling until he is four, by then he will have learned to dodge the faster cars’.
Turks must love Disney in their gardens as we saw around 40 of these shops selling statues of snow white and what looked like cocker spaniel statues, was thinking of picking one up for our friend Graham, he loves his garden and a cocker spaniel would look lovely under his 99 inch telly on the edge of the jacuzzi
The landscape on the way was stunning, all the fields full with crops, I just love those straight lines. Then the best ones were the fields and fields of sunflowers.
Got to Canakkale at 6pm todays total 651 kilometres . The Sunsan hotel is just right, it’s on the beach and has a lovely pool. Food was good and priced fairly, music was bloody awful some rapper harping on about his daddy’s hoe stubbing her toe on his boombox or something similar.
Nipped down to the supermarket for a bottle of wine just as the sun was setting and said I’ll get some pics of that on the way back, no chance Clive had a bout of the Deli Bellies and had to get back so squeezed a couple of quick clicks as we hurried back, I’m on the balcony with the wine as I dont want to be anywhere near the Deli belly aroma thank you very much.
There is a roof bar here which we haven’t explored yet might go up now and try and get some pics of the little boats anchored up by the beach.
Rooftop bar was empty so took a couple of pics and came back to our wine
will love you and leave you for today with a few random pics from day 1
Europe in 40 days 
Oh gosh it looks fab the field full of sunflowers is amazing i always said Clive was only half a man hahaha only joking did you drink all the wine Maria or as Clive recovered From his deli belly xxx
SClive
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Wonderful pics, great descriptive first time blog x I would want to lay down in that field of sunflowers 👀
Shame Harry got the deli belly on his first day!
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No loud music when we were there must be a Friday night thing. So apart from himself and deli belly looks look a good run. Take care stay safe. We have just come to the end of our lux stopovers and will be in Chianti putting up the tent. Look forward to your next blog and see you both very soon xxx
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Loving your blog xx
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