Before we go back to the city

The best and the worst part of summer house is that time goes extremely slow. But when you look back it's been already 2 weeks plus on and off 2 months. So there's not much to do there but watch sunrise and sunset, drink beer watching the mountains, write and read a little, swim, cook, eat (a lot) and sleep (also quite a lot) For me best time for a summer holiday is September though. It's not that hot (biggest advantage), less crowded (meaning less whiny children), prices are reasonable and service is always better. But for me holiday is over for a while I guess. NOW I'm ready for autumn.

End of Summer

I know it's the 4th of September and I know lots of people went on their Autum modes the moment clocks hit 12 a.m. on the 1st. But unfortunately I'm not like that. Maybe it's because I'm a procrastinator but probably because it's still above 30C around here, I don't feel like summer is over. (Summerhouse plans for the next week are also preventing me from that) The problem is I don't know where summer went. And while I want to blame the horrible days we went through as a family, it'd be an overstatement. Because those days were mostly over during summer and I didn't want to do anything. This doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the summer. But I also realized that I need to remember those moments and that's where a blog comes handy. What did I do this summer?

• Was mostly in the summer house with a spectecular mountain view and 10 minutes walk to the beach. 
• Some friends came to visit so we stayed till late at nights and slept on the beach because of the heat. We also ate tons of mussels and drank beer a lot.
• I got to go to Tenedos with other friends. Probably had the most delightful 3 days. Walked a lot, drank a lot of wine and watched the sunset. 
• Then some extended family members came to visit. Which was actually more fun than you might think. So we had huge dinners which led to lazy conversations. 
• I came back to the city a couple of times. It was not that bad. Watched Star Wars in open air, had picnics in the park. I met with an old friend and a new friend in Istanbul for 2 days. Gotta miss Istanbul. (Besides I had quite a lot of fun)
• I finally wrote some stuff. Not that much but it was still more than rest of the year.
• I didn't read much unfortunately. But the book I enjoyed most was Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin (Don't ask me why it took me so much to finally read this book).
• And I finally realized how much I missed 'listening' to music. Actively, like the old times. 
• Oh and I ate a lot.