I'm thinking of emigrating to a warm country..

Here are the last photos I'm posting of Turkey. I've just realised I've not posted many of the beaches.. you'll just have to use your imagination. They were stunning, the water was like a swimming pool and so crystal clear you could see the fish swimming around you. I miss the heat, England is slowly getting colder, damper and duller as autumn closes in.

The tourist area was full of sleezy bars. This made me giggle.

I wish this outfit was mine, it is in fact my friend, Hannah's. She got her beautiful Maxi-dress of ASOS.com, here.

This photo does not give this place justice. We discovered one of the most beautiful beaches in the world just a 15 min bus ride away.

Standard evening: Drinks, Phase 10 (such an amazing game) then out to the cheesy bars.

Dem Bar was the local's bar in the area. The live music each night was beautiful.

The BEST sandwich in the world. Cucumbers, Cheese, Onion, and Tomatos.

This made us laugh. Casual dogs settle down for a night on the beach.

The shop outside our apartment, Alibaba's!

These shops were everywhere, walls of 'genuine fakes'. The merchants tried to get us to go in claiming it was a 'turkish Primark', I'm not sure if they realised they were insulting their clothes more than advertising.

I love this.

A ground floor flat in our apartment block had all this semi-feral cats. New born kittens!

Turkish dancing at the Dem Bar.

Another stunning beach we visited at the Police Academy.

Flurry of flavour and colour.

Here's the first batch of photos from my trip to Turkey. The weather was insanely hot, we were out and about in temperatures of 45 degrees celsius everyday. The food out there is absolutely amazing, everything is so colourful, and the flavours so fresh. I took so many photos of the beautiful edibles that I've dedicated a single post to it.

The local weekly market.

I'm a fan of the chilli. People were buying these by the bag load.

I know this isn't food, it just amused me to no end just how far the Twilight fever has spread.

No idea what the black things are, fried bananas maybe?

The Turks make this cheese in particular which looks a little like goats cheese and has the same consistency yet its make from cows milk and tastes creamy. I'm not sure how else to describe it but I'm definitely endeavouring to find something like it in the UK.

I didn't managed to snap a photo of the native spirit Raki either (I'm hoping that's how its spelt). Its a spirit close in flavour to that of Sambuca, aniseed; yet instead of being sweet and sticky its sour and almost dry tasting.

xoxo

I'm going away on holiday for a week. Heres a 'heads up' as I plan to photo blog a little again like i did over Easter this year. Yes! For sun, sea and sand, good food and trashy music! xoxo

All for wool and wool for all!

Popped into town today for a bit of shopping. It was mostly mid-season items and the ends of sales so all I ended up buying was an oversized shirt. Altogether it probably wasn't the most successful shopping trip in the world (especially after a mini 'tiff' with the lady in WHSmith), however, I did achieve one thing, I'm beginning to look forward to A/W 10.

I love autumn and winter clothes; the big snuggly woolen jumpers, warm scarves, boots, trench coats and bodywarmers. This year's selection of capes are growing on me, albeit I think I'll be feeling very courageous on the day I purchase and wear one, they are little too close to ponchos for my liking, and I am NEVER going there again.

Another thing I love about autumn are the colours, I love deep scarlet reds and yellows the shade of mustard, all the colours of the leaves falling in the breeze off the naked trees and the deeper, darker nights when I like to lie curled up inside my duvet warm and cosy.

There are too many things to miss about summer, by far my favourite season. In autumn and winter, all is not lost, there are still so many things to look forward to. I'm not quite ready to let go yet though..

xoxo