Scrubbing up.

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Fri 11 Sep 2009 11:20
37:03.3N 27:13.9E

Wednesday 9th September

Rather forgot to mention the main event yesterday which was Sarah's brave
decision to get her hair cut. This was something that she has long been
dreading in many ways as not many places so far this summer have filled her
with any confidence. We felt that as Bodrum was so cosmopolitan it might
offer the best chance, so I printed off a few pictures blown up from Ewan's
graduation ceremony and she bravely went and made an appointment at a likely
looking hairdressers. Making the appointment at her chosen establishment was
the first hurdle as none of them spoke English which was going to be a
problem, however the main man was contacted by phone and agreed to
everything. An interesting exercise where all the staff are male and there
was no chat whatsoever with the clientele - perhaps the fact that they are
obviously already on holiday kills that avenue for conversation stone dead!
In the event all went very well and she has professed herself more than
happy with the outcome, but it may be a while before she lets me publish a
photo!

Got away from our berth at 10.00 am and visited the fuel berth for a much
needed top up before setting off for Gumusluk which is a lovely bay that we
stayed a few nights in, a week or so ago. Sailed for a good part of the way
and arrived to find it fairly full but only two boats had chosen to tie back
to the beach which is what we favoured here. This all went well following a
few tweaks to Sarah's technique - not breaking an oar, allowing the rope to
fly out smoothly... (rather important since I had been so rude about
everyone else last time we were here) and we belatedly recognised the
nearest boat as Barnacle Bill who we had met back in Chios a couple of
lifetimes ago (well, 6 weeks at least.) Thought we knew the boat, but it was
when they walked along the beach with their four legged crew member 'Brock',
a black Labrador that it all came back to us!

Walked into the village in the early evening and had a really good meal at
one of the waterside restaurants (Teras Restaurant) with brilliant service
and excellent food. Hard to get away though as every time we asked for the
bill, they brought more complimentary dishes!

The evenings are suddenly quite a bit cooler now and this was the first time
we needed a second layer for the walk home.