Photo Expedition - Datça & Knidos

This Sunday I went to another photo expedition with my photography class. This time it was pretty close by to Datça first and then Knidos. Both are on the same Peninsula and have amazing bays but also history.

Datça is a village but it is popular for city people and a lot of people from Istanbul come here for vacations or even move here after retirement. So even though it is a village it doesn't really have the usual things 'true villages' have. Not much farming and such going on.

The old stone houses are very typical in this place, which makes it charming and photographic.

Lots of beautiful doors.

And abandoned school and Mosque, both emptied due to earthquake damage.

You could especially see lots of cracks at the mosque, the only person inside was a ginger cat but he didn't want to pose.

I adore these cute little narrow 'streets', reminds me of old stories and fairy tales.

We had terrific weather and great fun.

Love this paddle gate door :D

Evil eyes everywhere, I guess a neighbor was stealing the lemons :)

Silk thread from a cute little silk shop.

We then went to Knidos, horrible winding road, I think going with a boat would be more fun. The ruins in Knidos were kind of ruined, all ordered in rows, not nice at all, so that was disappointing. But pretty views, the lighthouse and the wildflowers were nice.

I love wild flowers, in the mountains as soon as you pay attention there are dozens of types and all so pretty.

 The details of the ruins were pretty too, but not really worth the horrible road :D

I prefer the sea, which was amazingly turquoise on Sunday, breathtaking colors.

I hope you enjoyed my day with me :)

Datça

Today we went to Datça, a little town only 65 km away from us, but because of the mountain roads it takes a little over an hour to get there. There is a Greek Island very nearby, I even got a text to my phone saying 'Welcome to Greece'. The reason for our trip was to meet a fellow Etsy seller CandanImrak.

Candan makes lampwork beads and sells both beads and jewelry. The world of glass is truely colorful, and we enjoyed it alot with home made apply pie and chats about Etsy, and the world of handmade.

She has a very airy living space and in one light corner is her work bench, where she plays with glass and fire to make little treasures.

I love it when people are passionate about what they do and Candan explained her work and the world of glass full with passion.

After showing a bit what to do and explaining I had a try and made some pins with glass ball heads, they are far from perfect but it was super fun to learn something new.

We have met Etsy sellers in the past, and it was always great to meet like minded people with a passion for handmade, an outsider just doesn't understand why we are so passionate about the work we do :)