18 Ağustos 2008 Pazartesi

Knidos - Datca


Knidos antik kenti Turkiye'nin guneybatidaki en uc noktasinda bulunuyor. Datça'dan 25 km kadar otede bir burunda bulunan antik kent antik cagda çiplak Afrodit heykeliyle meshurmus. Oyle ki diger sehirlerden bu heykeli gormeye gelirmis insanlar. Dunya'daki ilk ciplak tanrica heykelide oldukca ilgi cekici olsa gerek o zamanlar. Gunumzde bu heykel hala bulunamamis. Bir donem Amerika'li arkeologlar tarafindan arastirilan bolge daha sonra Turk arkeologlara birakilmis.

The ancient city "Knidos" is at the farest southwest part of the Turkey. It is a semi-island which is 25 km far from Datca. This city was said to be famous of first nude statue of Aphrodite in the ancient era. That statue is so famous that all people from other cities are used to come to see the nude beauty of the marble Aphrodite:) That statue hasn't been found yet although there are digging researches. American archeologist used to work at the area but now Turkish archeologist are continuing the research.

Şaraplarıyla ünlü Knidos bilim ve sanatta da ileri bir kentti. Tarihin büyük astronomi ve matematik bilimcisi Eudoksos ve ünlü ressam Polygnotos burada yaşadı

Knidos was used to be famous with its wines but also science and art was at a good level at the city. One of the most famous astronomist and mathematician Eudokos and a famous painter Polygnotos were lived in this city.

Bu tarihi sehre ailem ve kuzenlerimle gittim. Amacimiz hem tarihi bir sehrin kalintilarini gezmek hemde bir yanindan Akdenizi diger yanindan Ege denizini gorebildiginiz bu burnu gormek ve her iki denizde bir kac dakika arayla yuzebilmekti. Manzaranin guzelligine diyecek tek kelimemiz yok ama kiyidan denize girmek pek te ayni guzellikte degildi. Yosunlarla kapli deniz istedigimiz keyfi vermekten uzak kaldi. Ancak bir ara iskeleden o tertemiz denize atlamak biraz olsun oraya kadar gitmis olmamizin guzel yani oldu.

Milli park ve muze olarak tanimlanan bu kalinti alanina giris ucreti 10 YTL. Ancak ogrenci, ogretmen ve emekliler bu ucretten muaf tutulmus. Park icerisinde yemek yiyebileceginiz ve icecek alabileceginiz bir restoran disinda hicbir yer yok. ayrica Knidos yolu da virajlar ve bozuk satihlarla dolu dar bir yol oldugundan cok konforlu degil. Ancak yol kenarinda durup bakmak isteyeceginizessiz manzaralar ve agaclardan keciboynuzu (harnup) koparip tadina bakma imkaniniz var.

Sonunda bu guzel manzara esliginde buradan ayrilarak yuzmek istiyorum diyerek basimizin etini yiyen kuzenim icin Datca'ya donduk.

Datca yine az el degmis turistik beldelerimizden biri.. Bence bu avantajini uzak olusundan, yolunun virajli olusundan ve buraya gelmek icin gokova marmaris gibi daha populer tatil merkezlerinin icinden gecmek durumunda olusu sayesinde korumakta.

Son derece sakin bir tatil beldesi olan Datca emsallerine gore biraz daha da ucuz. Unlu sair CanYucel ve onun bu sehre aski sayesinde biraz daha unlenmis olmasi da bir gercek. Denizi son derece temiz ve kumu cok guzel. ayrica aksam satlerinde restoranlari kumsala tasarak cok degisik bir keyif veriyor.

13 Ağustos 2008 Çarşamba

I am the muffin man...

eFrom childhood to nowadays i have always loved muffins.. cream, marmelade, nuts, lemon, fruits, cocoa, etc.. every kind of muffins are welcome to my taste:) But i recognized that i have never make my own muffin.. That made me a little sad because i have always said that i am good at cooking..
Then i just started to search for receipts from internet and i was thinking to start with a simple one. then i found my recipe. and started to prepare my own muffin.. yummy!!!!

Unfortunately i forgot to take pics when i preare the flour but i will write my recipe here that would help:P Here is the;

ingredients (for 8 muffins)
70 g of butter
130 g of sugar
200 ml milk
250 g of flour
1 pck baking powder
1 pck baking soda
1 pck vanilla
2 eggs
a pinch of cocoa
100 g hazel nuts.

after baking to decorate
some nutella (depends on how much you want)
some balck berry jel
coconut powder

Preparation
Mix vanilla baking powder and soda int oflour and add sugar.
In an other cup mix the eggs, milk and melted butter.
then add the second mixture in first.
here is the hint .. dont mix too much if yu want good muffins.
then add the hazelnuts inside the mixture
pour it into muffin tray.
cook at 200°C about 13-18 minutes.

after they are cooked and cooled. put some nutella on them and then add some coconut powder and finally blackberry jel on them..


they were delicious:P

Ozgul's Departure...

Sometimes we don't even think somebody is leaving away from our lives till he or she goes away. We always think that our relationship will end forever. That is why we continuously postpone to do something together, share the time and the memories. But when the day comes, we unfortunately understand that we had a mistake to postpone to be together..
Departure of Ozgul is such a story for most of us. We all think that we would have more time together when she was around Izmir. Now she is leaving Izmir and going to settle at Bursa. We all can not say that would be bad for her of course but again we are some kind of upset. It is not for her leaving actualy as i mentioned upwards it is the regret of spending less time then we could with her.

Now she is going to work at Bosch at Bursa and we all hope she will be succesful and happy there. Best wishes for you Ozgul............