hahahahaha .. oh how their outlook would change if that really did happen!!!

Today is the anniversary of the death of a famous Turkish Sea Captain after whom the town we live in was named. A Turkish friend rang us this morning and said 'come down to the harbour, there are 2 Turkish frigates anchored off the coast and they are running boats out so you can visit them'. Hmm - makes a change from the internet - I thought so off we trotted to the harbour and joined the queue for the first boat. 'Seems to be mostly Turks here' said my husband' 'not that unusual as we are in Turkey' I replied wittily. At that point a Turkish naval officer approaced us and said 'Excuse me would you please leave the line' 'Neden?' I said (hoping he wouldn't launch into a great explanation in Turkish). 'I have to check with my superior officer if we can allow foreigners on the ship' 'Okaaaaay - we will go to that bar and wait' 'Thank you'. We sat in the bar and watched while over the next 20 minutes he turned away around a dozen 'foreigners' so we assumed 'permission to board' for foreigners was not an option! But it did make me laugh because obviously the threat of ageing ex-pat spies is alive and well here! Now where did I put that kalishnikov..........????