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Title: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 04, 2013, 22:24:11 PM
Now the visa hops are pretty much a thing of the past, I can imagine people taking a day trip to Rhodes but do boats still go to Meis? It was good fun popping over (I used to go even though I had residency :D ) but there isn't exactly much to do there - so did all the boats stop going?
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Liz 101 on May 04, 2013, 22:45:31 PM
Went for a day trip last September, with a couple of friends. on Meis Express's boat. There were a number of other day trippers on the boat & some with suitcases.

The only market of note still trading was the one in the back street & there were only 4ltrs Gordons gin & 2ltrs vodka in duty free, when the ferry arrived, but the 3 of us soon cleared the shelves! Worth the trip for the pork chop lunch alone  :P
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 04, 2013, 23:11:18 PM
Great stuff Liz - good to hear.

I was trying to remember all the odd things that we used to get excited about in the tiny shop in Meis. Not just pork products - Cadbury's drinking chocolate, evaporated milk, grapefruit juice...if you haven't lived it you'd never understand  :)

Rhodes was great too - vacuum packed ham and croissants from Lidl - Kerrygold cheddar, McVities chocolate digestives and salted butter from the big Spar across the road - great times indeed.
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: nichola on May 04, 2013, 23:28:03 PM
There are still boats going and we were just talking about this the other day on a recent visit to Kaş. It has to be worth going still just for a pleasant lunch and a few bottles of Duty Free and big bars of Cadbury's of milk chocolate.
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 04, 2013, 23:32:32 PM
Couldn't agree more  :)
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Liz 101 on May 05, 2013, 00:03:42 AM
Seem to remember getting excited about the Jacob's cream crackers to go with the cheddar, Hobnobs, both with & without chocolate & the Coleman's mustard at a sensible price! Aaww simple things...............
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 05, 2013, 00:08:43 AM
I remember buying one of the most exciting things ever in Marks & Spencer in Rhodes Town - a decent corkscrew!! So good that I had to get one for Cenk & Olga next time we went there  :)

Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: quackers on May 05, 2013, 05:23:03 AM
We go once every year wıth vısıtors cos ıts a nıce day out.
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: philrose on May 05, 2013, 07:00:58 AM
We go at least once a year, sometimes more. Love the laid back ambience, a long leisurely lunch with a couple of bottles of retsina,  make it well worth it. Oh, and the duty free and bacon of course...
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Bunnyhopper on May 05, 2013, 08:27:22 AM
Scunner - Thought you may like to know Migros have got Kerrygold Cheddar on sale this year, price 15.98 tl   :)
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 05, 2013, 09:41:33 AM
Thanks Bunnyhopper, there was a time when I'd have jumped straight in the car on reading that! Like I keep saying, far too easy living out there these days  :)

How much is a trip to Meis these days? Totally agree it's a treat of a day out.
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: lance on May 05, 2013, 09:50:50 AM
Well the pork shop sells kerrygold chedder and its bloody rubbish . :-\
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 05, 2013, 09:54:59 AM
In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: philrose on May 05, 2013, 11:44:10 AM


How much is a trip to Meis these days? Totally agree it's a treat of a day out.
The ferry is 50 TL return, so not too bad. Plus the cost of getting to Kas of course...
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Scunner on May 07, 2013, 00:42:07 AM
This has got me all nostalgic, I don't mind admitting. I might have to do this next time we holiday over there  :)
Title: Re: Do People Still go to Meis?
Post by: Mary Howarth on May 07, 2013, 04:33:24 AM
Its just a lovely day out to be enjoyed regardless