denizaksulu wrote:zan wrote:shahmaran wrote:zan wrote:shahmaran wrote:What Yesilirmak hey?
That absolutely blows, this means my village too is going to be infested with Greeks in no time
But then i guess i can go find out what really lies behind that bloody hill i look at every day
I knew there was something I really liked about you......My dad comes from that village and our land is over that bloody hill.
You must know this place very well then...Do you know the lady in the picture???
Zan this is the first restaurant along the row in Yesilirmak, i cant remember the name, Asmali i think, but of course i know this place, i literally grew up here, i used to come here every weekend with my family and i used to go catch fish and octopuses with my friends near that huge rock/island-like thing around the corner passed this restaurant where that part of the mountain is made of white chalk like stone making it extra beautiful, and after that its the military zone, we used to steal strawberries from the fields just around this restaurant, i hope they were not yours
I believe that sign the nene is standing next to says something about that vine trees trunk being the single widest trunk ever recorded or something, however i do not recognize the lady, but if she is from the area then i am certain my grandma would know her or of her. But this is a really old picture isn't it? Because all of those restaurants there have improved themselves a lot since.
I have been told that the restaurant is now rented out and has been upgraded yes! The vine is said to be over six hundred years old and is the biggest but the Guinness book of records will not put it into its book. I can't remember the reason why but a few different stories exist. I saw my very first live octopus in that sea. It was when they had that platform out to sea in 1974. I was thirteen at the time and I have never swum so fast back to shore again. A guy that was at the restaurant heard me telling my sister and he asked if he could borrow my snorkel and mask and went out and caught the creature. He then spent the next half hour bashing it against the big rock just in front f the restaurant. First time also that I tasted octopus. The one thing I can remember though is the fresh fish they caught and we ate it hot out of the mud oven. The best fish supper I can remember eating.
I will find out tthe name of that lady if you like because she was a close friend of my family.
When I am in Cyprus and am receiving guests who enjoy sea-food, That Reastaurant is the first place I take them. The fish the gentle breeze if you are lucky and the scenery is great. Also the kids (grand-children )love the sand and the sea there.
I love that part of Cyprus.....I feel more at home there than any other place I have visited in Cyprus. The smell of figs always reminds me of there.
The beach is great when it is calm but when it's a bit choppy the sea weed is all over the place. I can still feel the tentacle like leaves against my skin......The sea was black with them but I just had to go in for a swim.
