At the crossing point, the atmosphere subtly changed — Greek and Turkish flags fluttered side by side, and the mood became more official as passports were checked and car papers stamped.
Once cleared, we crossed into the Turkish-controlled north, where signs switched languages and the architecture took on a distinctly different feel.
We the arrived at our accommodation, The Lavender homes, a delightful complex of just 3 apartments overlooking the ancient walls of the City.
After unpacking we wandered the narrow streets and settled on The Pine bar for a well deserved cold Efes beer and we shared a cheese, bread, nuts, salami and fig platter.
We wandered among the well kept ruins and ended up at the Petek Pastahanesi, patisserie. The selection of cakes and chocolates was quite amazing. We just had to have cake and coffee, well, it would be rude not too.
In the evening we strolled down into the old town and stopped off at Monks cocktail bar, we met the owner James, who gave us short history of the bar and the unusual cocktails they sell.
We then walked over to the Castillo restaurant for a lovely meze dinner. There was a local singer on acoustic guitar and a table of ladies next to us celebrating a birthday, so it ended up as a lively evening.
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