After breakfast we decided to explore Kusadasi town centre. We went into a leather shop and were immediately brought some Turkish apple tea, it's delicious. Andrew was ensconced in an armchair while I was given leather jackets of every colour and type to try on, we eventually chose a beautiful lamb's leather one it is unbelievably soft and very warm. My turn to recline as Andrew tried on jackets, we decided on a lovely suede bomber type jacket as he looks really cute in it. After some friendly haggling a price for both was decided. It's a lovely relaxing way of shopping, I wish they did this in Britain. Next we went to a jeweller's, and chose a lovely gold ingot necklace in a cartier design for Alison's birthday. We went back to the ship to drop off the shopping and had a buffet lunch.

We strolled back into town and walked around the harbour. Later we found another jeweller's selling amber so we bought a pendant for Carole. They advertised making and repairing jewellery, so Andrew asked them to look at my great aunt's engagement ring {now mine} as I had lost a ruby from it. The man brought some rubies over and we found a perfect match, he repaired and cleaned it and offered to clean and polish my milk opal too, they both look like new.

While we waited we looked around and saw a fabulous oval black opal. Andrew asked the jeweller if he could make it into a ring for me. Of course he could, it will be unique, we chose a very delicate setting for the opal with two sapphires and a diamond set on each side of it, it is stunning, beautiful and absolutely perfect, the loveliest thing that Andrew has ever bought me. When the ring was ready Andrew put it on my left hand - it would seem that I am now permanently Attached to Andrew!

We wandered some more and bought Turkish delight, saffron and apple tea to take home. We found a gorgeous tapestry Gladstone bag with leather lining so we bought it to put all the other shopping in. Andrew took everything but my ring {which I am constantly flashing in the sunlight, and intend never to remove from my finger} back to our cabin, then we walked to Bird Island, a pretty little place with lovely gardens, some ruins and lots of friendly little stray cats which we stopped to play with.

We arrived for dinner to find that Tony had already ordered three bottles of wine for our last evening together. Babs suddenly noticed my ring, everyone admired it, Tony then ordered yet more wine, so a very noisy and happy evening followed. Dinner was excellent, after the main course the lights went out and all the waiters strode in each carrying flaming baked Alaska's for desert! We all went our separate ways to finish packing, having arranged to meet up at the Belvedere suite for brandy later. This didn't happen as I had to put a very woozy Andrew to bed. Instead I finished the packing myself and had to drag all of it outside the cabin for collection and transportation to the airport. I climbed into bed with my drunken man and didn't get to say goodbye to all our lovely holiday companions!

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