we usually go for two weeks and our best friends live above us. we usually have a meal with them, go out the next night, have a meal at ours and then have the next day on our own, eating bits and bobs. steve eats a lot of fish while we are on holiday and buys it from the little market in didim near the mosque, or on the front when the boats come in.
we buy braising steak from Carrefour and such places and mince and make a spicy meat dish with veg from the big market which we visit twice during the holiday. steve loves to cook whereas I am a baker so I have cake tins etc over there for making cakes, pies and such. we have crumbles with different fruits and carrot cake. our breakfasts are mainly fresh mixed fruit and toast and jam. I used to take bacon but we didn't eat it one year so never took it again. I buy the cheese and yog and most everything now. at first, I used to bring stuff from home but now its only stuff I can't get like limes.
part of our holiday enjoyment is eating our meals sat on the balcony drinking beer and talking without having to get dressed up for the occasion. we probably spend as much as we would having a meal at a restaurant so its nothing to do with costs. I love my apartment and being in it. we usually shop once at the supermarket and get loaded up for the holiday, and then its worth the taxi fare which we think is expensive. our beer and drinks usually is in one of the spare rooms and we bring it out when the fridge is getting low. we virtually always have a bag of food left which we give to our Turkish neighbours below us, when we leave.