Proud to be a Canadian Turk.

July 18th and 19th

You've seen this before but in case you forgot here's what we did

1. Sleep
2. Eat breakfast
3. Go to beach/pool
4. Have dinner
5. Sleep
6. Repeat

But can't just leave it at that so a little rambling if I may.

Below is a picture of the most famous Turk in Turkey.

Mustafa Kamal Ataturk was the first President of Turkey and the founder of the Republic of Turkey. His surname "Ataturk" (meaning "father of the Turks") was granted to him in 1935 and no one in Turkey is allowed to use this name. He is credited with transforming the Ottoman Empire into the modern Turkey we have today.

And below is the least famous Turk in Turkey.

So everyone here thinks I'm Turkish and immediately start talking to me in Turkish. I explain I'm from Canada and they don't believe me. We get into intense discussions which usually end in the other party convincing me that my great great great grandparents obviously came from here and that is that, end of story, drink your Raki. By the way, everyone thinks Sheryl and Samantha are Turkish too. John on the other hand is having trouble convincing the locals that he is Turkish (must be his Canadian accent when speaking Turkish).

For some reason, people just don't believe John is Turkish (sorry John, had to post this one)

But the word has gotten around here in Marmaris that there are 10 Canadians visiting and when we do introduce ourselves as the people from Canada the reply is usually "...oh you're the ones." We're enjoying the somewhat celebrity status we have here for sure.

Tomorrow, we're off on another boat trip.