Princess Islands, Turkey Day 3

Today Leo and I walked about 30 min to the ferry to take one to the Princess Islands. When we got there we needed cash so we went to an ATM and THANK GOD he used the one he did because his card was eaten by the ATM and he had 2 debit cards unlike me. So I pulled out money for us to use and then we called his bank and the bank that runs the ATM but they were closed that day so we had to attempt the next day to retrieve his card. After that fiasco, we got our tickets and boarded the ferry.

The ride was about 2 hours there and we didn’t expect that so we just talked and he showed me British punk bands since he’s French and German and I didn’t know who Blur was so he had to educate me.

We eventually arrived and walked around and then found a cute garden that’s with a hostel and got drinks and played cards. The owner was so sweet and invited us to stay but we couldn’t, but she told us in the future we have a free home. After a while we walked around more and then went to a restaurant to finally eat food before heading back on the ferry for the sunset and to go out. The sunset was extremely beautiful and it was quite cold. The ride back was about 1.5 hours so not as bad and we got back around 9 pm.

We made plans to meet at a bar with some lovely British lads Tom and Will who had messaged in the group chat inviting people. We finally got there and got some beers and started all getting to know each other. I also shared my hatred for Beowulf with Tom since he’s in Uni for English so I obviously had to rant about that book to him. I also met a super nice Turkish lady that shared her strawberries with us, a cool older british guy that was super funny, and my continent brother from Canada. We all drank until about 1am maybe and even became friends with one of the workers who slid us some free shots (what a cool guy). We played darts and Will and I won but mostly because of Will. We all then got a taxi back to the hostel and Leo and I were down for the count so we just went back to our dorm and slept while everyone else went to the terrace to keep drinking.

It was a long but wonderful day and the Princess Islands are considered in Asia so technically I’ve been to Asia now, but I still need a South East Asia trip in my future with Jonas one day.Read more