Day:198, Words:198: Øksfjordians on holiday!

A rare sight yesterday in the town of Side. While the rest of the restaurants were seducing, begging and even singing at passing tourists in attempts to get them to dine, the tables at 'Aphrodite' were full and the bar stools were occupied by waiting guests.

For a few hours, there was no need to harrass the families strolling by. It appears that word of mouth had worked wonders for the reputation of this restaurant in the extremely competeitive market of tourism and food. Several Øksfjordians before us had recommended 'Aphrodite' and other Norwegians couples staying at the Melissa Garden hotel had successfully dined there earlier in the week. It was not strange therefore that the vast majority of the customers seemed to be from the land of the midnight sun.

Being our last night in the old town, we decided to give it a shot. The food was delicious, the wine was blissfully chilled and the dessert was richer than the Sultan of Brunei.

Earlier, the day had been spent watching Norwegian kids playing with but struggling to understand Scottish kids, and listening to British divorcees discuss how far they had come in 'Fifty shades of Grey'.