Wow! I loved reading all your comments on my last post! It makes me so happy to be able to share my excitement with people that are so supportive and encouraging. So thank you!
The day after Christmas was an impossibly bright sunny day, so when, by chance a friend at our local coffee shop suggested we visit a small village called Garipce (pronounced Ga-rip-che) about 40 minutes drive away we decided to go exploring!
It really was a village! There were little old ladies herding cattle through the main street, old men pulling tidying their fishing nets by the water. A little stand selling fresh eggs and honey. The village is set around a small cove, with the ruins of a fortress (?) to one side and small houses and a few fish restaurants lining the shore.
Senol and I had a glass of cay (tea) and some delicious borek while Yashar played in the sand.
I would love to say that it was unscarred by development, but it would be more correct to say it was unscarred by new development (the surrounding towns we explored were not so lucky). Apparently the council has stopped all new building in the area. A beautiful old wooden building was for sale near the foreshore. Of course I started planning in my head what could be done with it! This was the sort of place that you could imagine, with some cleaning up and some well planned retoration and rebuilding, could be so amazing.
The village had a lovely calm atmosphere and made a relaxing retreat from busy Istanbul. It was a gorgeous day!
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