8.21Boarded the Maria Star. Filled in health survey. Checked NO for swine flu.
9.15 Boatsailed from dock to passport control at end of port. Got off boat. Stood in line. Almost didn't get stamped out of Greece. Spent 5-10 minutes trying to convince passport guy when I arrived in Europe. Was seriously afraid I was going to be rejected. Greg was already on the boat and I was the last person in the passport office.
10.30 Disembarked. Paid USD 20 for a Turkish visa. It's pretty.
11.00 Realized we weren't in Bodrum, but 20 km away and the boat and all daytrippers had gone.
11.30 Found an atm, the minibus station, and the minibus bound for Bodrum, in that order.
12.30 Arrived at Bodrum bus station.
1.00 Found hotel. Told that the room wouldn't be ready until later.
1.30 Ordered a plain omelette at ta Turkish fast food place. Total bill: 10 lira or 5 Euro or USD 7.50 for 2 people.
5.00 Spent afternoon wandering around city trying to find mausoleum, odeon (theater), windmills, tower, and good view of the castle.
8.00 Internet time.
9.00 Dinner time. This was a different experience. There was no menu and no prices. There was a display case filled with cold food. There were probably 20 choices. The hostess explained what the food items were. Then, you chose 3 or 4 starters and 2 or 3 middles (I can't remember her term for the items on the middle shelf intended to be eaten after the starters and before the mains). She said most people fill up before they even get to the mains. Once you chose your items you sat down at a nice candle lit table with fancy glasses and silverware. Unfortunately, the starters and middles did not fill us up, but we didn't want to spend anymore money there, so we left and sought out dessert, which we found at a little sweets shop on the ultra touristy shopping street.
11.00 Bed time. 
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