After stomping around (encouraged!) on some carpets Brent and I decided it was time to head back to the boat, since we wanted to stop at the Duty Free stop in port before sail away. Our hosts at the carpet shop said goodbye, and we told them we were so glad we were able to come and witness more of the Turkish culture. Im so happy we didnt skip out on it.
Walking back to the boat:
I finally got a picture of something Id been meaning to share with you since our very first port day! Today these stations were set up outside, but the other days they were just inside, past security. We were offered cold glasses of water or lemonade, and cold wet towels for our neck and head. Such a nice touch, I think! Both the drink and the towel were welcome after all that time out in the hot sun.
On our way back to our stateroom to watch sail away from our balcony we stopped at Cove cafe for iced coffees to enjoy on our verandah.
We were sad to see Kusadasi go! What a lovely place. My husband has now decided a return trip to Turkey is in order. I say only if its on another
Disney Cruise Sailing to our next destination we followed the coastline very closely! It was amazing to see the scenery as we sailed past.
We soon decided on pre-dinner drinks at OGills pub. I was saving my appetite for dinner but Brent enjoyed the snack buffet. There was cheese and crackers, veggies, nachos, meat pies and more.
Yes, I did order a margarita at an Irish bar
Dinner tonight was again in Animators Palate, with the Prince and Princess Menu. Not only that, but it was animation night! Everyone received a template to draw their character, like this:
I chose to draw a cat! I dont know why, Im not an artist. My husband made Iron Man and his was much better
so Im not posting it here
Special napkins for Prince and Princess night!
I honestly have no idea what either of these appetizers were. But Im sure they were delicious!
For dinner I had the Roasted Portobello Mushroom Triangoli Pasta:
And Brent had the Peppercorn Crusted NY Strip:
After dinner but before dessert we were treated to an animation show, with all of our characters! It was really cute. They danced and twirled and it was just really cool seeing our creations come to life. Disney magic on the Disney Magic!
They even put our names up on screen:
Then desert was served. Brent and I both got the Princess Jasmine Banana Bread Pudding:
And then we got our drawings back, with an official guest animator sticker!
Today was a long and exhausting but amazing day. So back to bed we went, where we were greeted by a scorpion towel animal
and the realization that our vacation was already half over!