Resitpasa and Mr Simones

Today we walked through the town of Restipava without a defib, which thank God we didn’t need but often thought we might, up/down very steep long streets in humid 37c to Mr Simones cafe for traditional breakfast and kate/gavs favourite place. It was beautiful! delicious! and a lovely experience. We explored Resitpasa, where many major organisations are located such as the Istanbul Stock Exchange (across the road from their home), Police headquarters (round the corner) and kuwait Embassey (two doors up) so needless to say there is a strong security/military/police presence mixed among traditional turkish homes, shops, markets, all on cobble stone roads which are home to hundreds of street dogs and cats - quite the experience once we left their high secure fence at the front of their beautiful home. We also ate a Turkish traditional meal called manti with yoghurt and mint (melissa) and beef (peter) which was very interesting (INET).Read more