Bodrum

Bodrum was one of the first Turkish coastal cities to go touristic, some years back, but the old town is still quite picturesque and agreeable. We parked on a back street, near the Mausoleum, then walked down to the marina, and nearly its length, to the castle, stopping for lunch at the first McDonald's we have seen in weeks.

Bodrum castle in the distance



Part of the old harbor marina; apparently Bodrum is quite the place to park 
your yacht

Fish market/squid district

So we're walking along the marina by where it adjoins a nice park, and observe 
these street vendors selling the obscene little honey-saturated doughnut holes 
we loved at the Spice Market in Istanbul

And while I am taking pictures of the line to get at them, the proprietess spots us 
and brings tourist Vicki (now an object of pity and sympathy with her arm in a 
sling) not one but two dishes of the good stuff; yum; note flag and banner of

Ataturk; flags were at half-mast to honor the police killed and injured in the 
terrorist incident in Istanbul

McDonald's wants you to know that 98% of its stuff in Turkey is locally-sourced; 
and that McDonald's is very Turkish

Along this part of the marina, outside the castle, they use ancients stones and blocks 
to demarcate the various vendors' stalls; probably all from the Mausoleum...

The "father of history," Herodotus, was a Halicarnassian

Now it's the Aegean that is remarkably clear and so interestingly colored

Bodrum's biggest draw, according to Lonely Planet, is the Club Hallikarnos, 
which can accommodate 5,000; we missed it, so I guess we can't really say 
we went to Bodrum