fh_trips | Bedri Rahmi Bay, Turkey [Evening]

After the opportunity to swim and plenty of time to relax in Manastir Bay, the gulets sail towards Bedri Rahmi Bay and anchor for the night. There's time to explore the bay, named for Turkish writer and artist Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoglu, one of the first to experience a ‘Blue Cruise’ back in 1973. He painted a picture of a fish on a boulder behind the fountain here on his first journey that can still be seen but shouldn't be taken as encouragement to also paint on the boulders.

There is a freshwater fountain under some immense pine trees at the northeast end of this wide bay, where a restaurant and a pier are also located. Behind the fish painting is a Lycian rock tomb seeming to lurk among the trees. In addition to this tomb, there are numerous Lycian pigeon-hole tombs carved into the face of a large rock, a rock tomb with an embroidered gate, and three tombs lying next to each other further on ahead. These rock tombs, which look like the ones in Kaunos, belong to the ancient city of Crya located further up on the hill.

Explore the ruins if you'd like, but get back before sunset or the sprained ankle you might get climbing down those rocks will be no one's fault but yours!

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"And I trust you've already told him that in those exact words?" she asked, a little more mild, glancing at the fire.

She liked a nice bonfire sometimes.

"A little less direct than that," Peter said.

He wouldn't have gotten where he was today if he wasn't capable of hiding away the worst of him.

Natalie might have disagreed, but then she might have also had a differing opinion on what she considered the worst of him.

"Mm. Well, I'm not sure there's much beyond that to say."

Natalie had only limited experience with his political work.

"You're right," Peter mused, deleting the email again and lowering his phone. "I'll just let him seethe in his own juices for a while."

Natalie kept looking at the fire.

"Mmhmm, and maybe take all of five to ten minutes to pretend you're actually on vacation."

"I can't, because I'm not," Peter said practically. He looked at Natalie. "I'm up to well above my pretty head in work."

"Well, if your admittedly pretty head needs any help, just let me know." She suspected there wasn't much she could help with, but it was her way of showing she cared, and it wasn't an empty offer, even if she didn't bother glancing over. "Some of us didn't pack homework."

"Try to enjoy the vacation for me," Peter advised. "...And you know what, I think I'll have a marshmallow or... whatever they're serving right now that they cooked in a fire."

Some days, this century was still bizarre to him.

"I think part of the charm of a roasted marshmallow is that you roast it yourself," Natalie pointed out, finally glancing over again and brushing her hair out of her eyes. "A concept you will be thrilled by, judging by that tone just now."

Peter had a history of putting different things in fire he didn't want to revisit.

"I think I'll pass."

Natalie gave that a quiet snort, despite herself.

"Well, that didn't last long."

"Hey, I'm not working," Peter protested. "That's vacationing."

"Mmhmm, if you say so," Natalie replied, drawling a bit. "The lack of doing something isn't exactly anything to send postacrds home about, but whatever. You're you. It'd be weird if you were to cut loose, suddenly."

Pot, kettle, that stuff.

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