{"id":1167,"date":"2016-02-24T17:03:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noplacetobe.com\/featured\/?p=1167"},"modified":"2016-02-24T17:03:03","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T17:03:03","slug":"visiting-olu-deniz-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noplacetobe.com\/featured\/visiting-olu-deniz-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Trip Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I remember being at the airport and my dad saying to us &#8220;Please remember kids, we might not be able to go yet&#8221;. I was about 13 at the time and had never been abroad before, my sister and I has spent close to a year pestering our parents into taking us on what we described as a proper summer holiday. My mum however, had never flown before and even standing at the boarding gate after check-in, my dad clearly still wasn&#8217;t convinced she&#8217;d actually get on the plane.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That plane was bound for Turkey and I&#8217;m delighted to say we were on it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thankfully for the rest of us, it turned out my mum began to love flying and we returned to Turkey, which she also loved, for the following few years. As anyone who had read this blog will know, we&#8217;ve been around a lot since but I&#8217;m yet to return to Turkey, a country I last visited over 13 years ago. I&#8217;d love to go back and see how the impression of my childhood compares with the reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We spent much of our time in Turkey in Olu Deniz and while going back sounds lovely, part of me wants to keep the memories from my family holidays intact and not interfered\u00a0with. For that reason I&#8217;d limit my time there to a day, just enough to get a taste of the place and let the memories coming flooding back.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6877277288_6d92736e70_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1169\" src=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6877277288_6d92736e70_z.jpg\" alt=\"CC Flickr Credit: William Neuheisel\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6877277288_6d92736e70_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/6877277288_6d92736e70_z-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>CC Flickr Credit:\u00a0<a class=\"owner-name truncate\" style=\"font-weight: 600; color: #212124;\" title=\"Go to William Neuheisel's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/wneuheisel\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\" data-rapid_p=\"110\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">William Neuheisel<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">A Day in Olu Deniz<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Breakfast<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I&#8217;d start the day with a good hearty breakfast a Joseph&#8217;s Restaurant. One of my biggest memories of Turkey is the large seating areas outside with wooden tables full of food and surrounded by crowds of people enjoying their holiday. This looks like just the sort of place I remember, a lively, popular spot to start the day.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Paragliding<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another memory from my holidays are the paragliders in Olu Deniz, whilst I was probably too young (or too scared) when I was younger, these days I&#8217;d be straight up there. Not only have I developed a strange love of heights over the years but it&#8217;s a great way to get a better perspective and view over the town.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3417590893_67d42f68e4_z.jpg\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1170\" src=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3417590893_67d42f68e4_z.jpg\" alt=\"Flickr Credit: Richard Lewis\" width=\"640\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3417590893_67d42f68e4_z.jpg 640w, http:\/\/noplacetobe.com\/featured\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/3417590893_67d42f68e4_z-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>CC Flickr Credit:\u00a0<a class=\"owner-name truncate\" style=\"font-weight: 600; color: #212124;\" title=\"Go to Richard Lewis's photostream\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/stoic1\/\" data-track=\"attributionNameClick\" data-rapid_p=\"72\"><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Richard Lewis<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Snack<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What day in Turkey would be complete without enjoying a tasty kebab.\u00a0I can remember fondly returning to the same Kebab place in Fethiye a few times over the years and I&#8217;m sure they are readily available everywhere in Olu Deniz too. Sugar &#8216;n Spice looks like a great option to grab something to eat before it&#8217;s time for the main event.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Beach Time<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Olu Deniz&#8217;s biggest attraction is without a doubt it&#8217;s beach. It&#8217;s one of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dealchecker.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/04\/beaches-you-wouldnt-believe-are-in-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\">best beaches in Europe<\/a>\u00a0and no day here would be complete without making the most of it&#8217;s gorgeous setting. All those years ago when my sister and I were talking about that &#8216;proper summer holiday&#8217; this is exactly the sort of setting we had in mind. It&#8217;s just gorgeous.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Dinner<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For our evening meal, I&#8217;d head somewhere with a great view like &#8216;The Hangout&#8217;. Diving into the cocktail menu and tasty food while watching the sundown turn the beach bright orange is the must have summer holiday experience.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #7ad39d;\">Drinks<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To finish the day off, I&#8217;d spend the evening hoping between the endless bars that now call Olu Deniz home. Chatting to the staff and other holiday makers until it&#8217;s time to head to bed,\u00a0preferably before the sun comes up so I&#8217;m ready for my next day in Turkey, wherever that may be.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d1a46d;\">Have you been to Olu Deniz or anywhere else in Turkey? Would you like to return to your first overseas holiday destination?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember being at the airport and my dad saying to us &#8220;Please remember kids, we might not be able to go yet&#8221;. 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