Gözleme

We headed down the coast from Didim to Ölüdeniz. Our first gözleme stop was a small roadside restaurant. It was run by this woman and I assume her son. They served only the Turkish pastry and Aryan(yogurt and water drink that Turks love!) The rooftop of the garden was dripping with grape vines and crickets were loudly chirping around us.














Gözleme is a Turkish pancake or crepe. The women start with a small ball of dough. They start to flatten it by working it back and forth on a big stick. Gradually making a large flat 'pancake.' They heat it on a hot convex metal dome. This gives the pancake a beautiful texture, a little chewy and a little crunchy. The traditional fillings are white cheese and a green mixture of spinach and other herbs. In Ölüdeniz they were making sweet as well as savory treats; chocolate and banana, lemon and sugar, etc. Even my Turkish boyfriend was surprised by this luscious twist.

We decided to go on a boat cruise when we got to Ölüdeniz(dead sea). The sea has the most amazing variety of blue hues. It is so,so,so clear you can see to the bottom for many meters and/or yards(depending on what scale you use). Our boat was a double deck 28 meter wooden boat. There were lots of other big tour boats there to soak up all the English tourists(There are so many English people it was a bit strange). The boats did a nice job of spreading out though so you don't feel to overcrowded. As we floated from beautiful location to the next I noticed these fun looking little row boats with thier striped canopies...huh? Hey everybody wants to make their money. These people follow around the tour boats selling gözleme. Great idea! What do you think San Diego??? My boyfriend was joking that he should come to the U.S. and start a gözleme boat for all the surfers sitting out there waiting to catch their waves. So funny...or did you have to be there?