Just returned from a much needed chill out session in Turkey. The break was as laid back as ever; chance to switch off from some of life’s hassles doing mostly nothing other than sitting alone on a beach reading. Got through some excellent books… Engleby (Sebastian Faulks), The Help (Kathryn Stockett) & The Other Hand to name but three that are well worth snuggling up with.
We decided to brave the haranguing of the Marmaris bazaar to visit one of my favourite places ever, it's a cross between the shop in Mr. Benn and a curio emporium…sells an incongruous mix of everything you can imagine from original copper diving helmets, to religious artifacts, to antique saxophones & gramophones, to fabulous items of Chopard jewellery. Unlike the hassle from other store owners, in this place they delight in showing you the pieces against Gregorian chant background music which when listened to carefully turns out to be a pretty unique version of Fade to Grey by Visage and other similarly bizarre cover versions...all slightly surreal.
We decided to brave the haranguing of the Marmaris bazaar to visit one of my favourite places ever, it's a cross between the shop in Mr. Benn and a curio emporium…sells an incongruous mix of everything you can imagine from original copper diving helmets, to religious artifacts, to antique saxophones & gramophones, to fabulous items of Chopard jewellery. Unlike the hassle from other store owners, in this place they delight in showing you the pieces against Gregorian chant background music which when listened to carefully turns out to be a pretty unique version of Fade to Grey by Visage and other similarly bizarre cover versions...all slightly surreal.
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