Today we opted to forego having three meals a day.  It's just too much for me.  We each have breakfast in our own apartments, then do our bathing rituals.  Our tour manager, Sami, lets us know what time to be ready to go out to eat.

With no lunch we opted for an early dinner.  At 3:30 Sami was ready with the car and we drove into Simav where we picked up a few items.  Then a drive way into a deserted area about fifteen minutes away.

All we were told was that we were having fish with cheese???????

What followed was truly a memorable time.

Arriving at the restaurant there is a little waterfall from above where fish are in the pond.  Steps up two levels to the restaurant entrance.

from the parking area
 

The first level at the fish pond.

Large walls of
 windows bring nature right to your table.

Our cold table had a selection of about ten items, plus that ever present freshly baked bread and butter like you have never tasted before.

A very blurry photo of our fish with cheese cooked in a dark clay dish on a wood fired oven.
 

Another delicious dessert to share.

A big bottle of Yeni Raki which we brought with us.

FYI - this is what a chestnut looks like on the tree.  It is surrounded by a cover of needle like spikes.   They wait until it falls to the ground and the spikes die to reveal chestnuts!

Surprise - Sami had bought chestnuts the day before at the market and he had the check cook them on the wood fire for us.

It was almost 7 pm when we got home, satiated and happy people.  I was to host our after dinner tea in my apartment, but it seems as if everyone was in need of a nap.  It's almost 9pm now, so I don't imagine it will happen tonight.