No surprise that when Rosie and I went out there was frost and frozen puddles! It was so cold during the night and to coin a phrase from one of the bulletin boards, it serves us right for buying ‘concrete tents’.
The sun came out later and so I decided it was far warmer to be outside in the sun and so gave the main gates a coat of Hammerite. The gates haven’t been there that long but are covered in rust. They never seem to paint them properly anyway.
Torin rang in the afternoon and put Scarlet and Jack on the webcam. They are so sweet.
In the evening Robin, Gary, Christa and I went to Buffavento Restaurant in the Besparmak Mountains. It has been extended and much improved and it felt as though we were walking inside a swiss chalet with log fires roaring. Christa and I had brandy sours which were excellent and Christa and I are very fussy about our brandy sours! Main courses were an average of 25tl but everything else is included, including a large bottle of water! I had kleftico, which I didn’t have to order in advance and the others all had mixed kebab which were huge . In fact Rosie did well as Christa couldn’t eat all of hers, well we did have a lot of mezes first and a huge puffy freshly cooked bread. Having eaten our main courses and being totally full, there then arrived a bowl of nuts, a plate of fruit AND a plate of popcorn! It was so warm and cosy in there, I think we could have all just fallen asleep at the table. A very enjoyable evening and highly recommended. The service was very good too. Fehran told us that next weekend they are having live music.
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