In case you need to catch up, Michael broke his left fibula on a hike on April 26th. After getting a ride to a nearby hospital, getting an x-ray and a cast, we came back to the boat, where we have been ever since.

The doc didn’t prescribe painkillers for Michael because he said it would slow down the healing. Instead, Michael was instructed to complain and whine to his wife. 🙂 🙂 🙂 (Hence, the title of this post.)

Actually, we took a second trip to the hospital with the same driver two days ago to get another x-ray. The bone is still in place, so no surgery will be needed. Whew! The doc asked us to come back again in two weeks for a third (and final) x-ray if we are still in the area. We spoke to the folks here at Bedri Rahmi Bay (a beautiful bay you must visit if you vacation in Türkiye!) and asked if we could stay two more weeks. They said that they have a couple of flotillas coming into the bay over the next two weeks but they could help us anchor out for a day or two each time and then come back to the dock. (The maximum stay here is typically two days, so they are being very kind and generous to us.)

Fingers crossed, we will leave here in about two weeks. It all depends on how Michael is feeling. He is still in quite a bit of pain, but, oddly enough, he keeps forgetting to whine. Maybe I am just such a gosh darn good nurse/wife that I anticipate his every need to keep him from whining. Ha ha ha!!! Oh, and we bought a wheelchair. We think/hope it will make our sightseeing easier. The crutches are good for a very short distance, but not much beyond that.

We eat at the restaurant here every other day to show our appreciation. The food is good but pricey. The staff (both the dock staff and the restaurant staff) are all simply wonderful. We couldn’t have had this happen in a better place, really (well, unless the hospital was right at the shore). More of the bad luck/good luck thing going on in our lives these days.

Speaking of the restaurant, that sneaky husband of mine wanted to “get some air” sitting at the stern of the boat the day after we returned from the hospital (April 27th). I paid no attention to him since: 1) he wasn’t whining, and 2) I was working on a crossword at the time. The next day, April 28th (my 65th birthday – where does the time go?!), the manager from the restaurant walked by on the dock. He asked how Michael was doing. I told him he was resting but doing well. Then Michael told me he wanted to sit outside again and that I should join him. I did. A few minutes later, two gentlemen from the restaurant delivered a cake to our boat. They lit three candles and sang the “Happy Birthday” song. Awwww. So nice! I am not gonna lie: I was 100 percent surprised. More so, I was touched that Michael thought to do that when he was in pain from his broken leg. He is a keeper!! Later that night, we got food from the restaurant and I treated myself with a shot of tequila. They served it with an orange wedge. It worked!

Another food story (well “story” is a bit of a stretch). We stopped at the market on the way back from the hospital. I saw this cheese that looked like licorice so of course I had to buy some. It tastes kind of like salty mozzarella.

VEGAN FRIENDS ALERT: Swipe fast past the next two pictures.

Speaking of food, a boat moored near us a few days ago. We chatted with the owner before he and his crew went to eat lunch at the restaurant. About 30 minutes later, one of the waiters brought a plate of fish to us on the boat. We told him that we hadn’t ordered it. Turns out that the owner from the boat next to us had it sent to us. How nice!! And, yes, it was yummy.

There was a big party at the restaurant a couple of nights ago. The restaurant started roasting an animal at the outdoor fireplace in the afternoon. We later checked the menu and realized that the folks had ordered “roasted lamb on a spit” for 12,000 TL (which converts to $632.81 USD). That seems high, but when you consider how many people it fed (don’t have an exact count, but it was many tables), it isn’t quite so bad.

The restaurant’s lights are festive at night (as seen from the bow of our boat).

Before I share a few pictures of the area, I should note that we still don’t know what our plans are. We are taking each day at a time. We know we will need to shorten our stay in the Aegean Sea quite a bit (waah!) because we are scheduled to be in a marina in Lefkas (in the Ionian Sea) for a month starting in mid-June.

This is the location of Bedri Rahmi (Tasyaka) Koyu. I like this description from a website: “The color on the slopes is created by the pine trees, olive groves and especially the oleanders. Add to that the blue waters and the beach and the image is amazing.”

I took the next three pictures from the road behind the bay. There is still snow on the highest peaks.