Sirince Selcuk

As the bus attendant shook me awak at 4:45am and told me something in Turkish followed by "Sell-Chuck" I was very reluctant to get off the bus. My body was stiff from the long ride after snowboarding a full day 12 hrs before. As I got off in the dark I contemplated going to a hostel immediately and going back to sleep or to make the most of the day …

... (bus station) at the end of this trip. This was our route; Istanbul to Izmir to Selcuk to Ephesus - Efes back to Selcuk to Sirince back to Selcuk to Izmir to Foca again back to Izmir to Bergama to the Bergama yol (road) and finally returned to Istanbul ...

Leaving in the morning we headed South and soon found ourselves in Troy. This was a pretty cool place and we wandered around for a while learning about the history of the city. I climbed inside a giant Trojan horse and photo-bombed a bunch of tourists. ...

... of the pensions. Unfortunately they are more than double what we have paid for better accommodation elsewhere in Turkey so we gave them a miss and headed back to Selcuk. I decided that the best action would be to park the car and wander around town until ...

Arrived here a couple of nights ago and after checking into the hotel, spent a late afternoon at the quaint village of Sirince where we tasted some fruity wine.  Spent the day yesterday at the hotel pool węth an Efes beer after a hot am in the ...

... different civilizations occupied the same cities and towns.  We took a Dolmus(little bus) up to a small town 7 km away called Sirince.  Had a very nice lunch and the sampled some fruit wine that they are famous for, ended up with the mulberry ...

... Ephesus. So far everything is going well with few communication problems. Today we took a side trip to the tiny mountain village of Sirince. While there we got WAY off the beaten path and found a little "restaurant" on a hill just out of town. ...

... IN THE WORLD" at his parents constantly.... One statue in particular seemed to draw a lot of attention..... Sirince, in the hills just outside Selcuk, qualifies as one of those stunning hill towns where you could very easily just kick back for a few ...

... Roman town of Ephesus or Efes. After a considerable drive we went through Selchuk to another of the old Greek villages, Sirince, that had been vacated by the government's policy to forcefully relocate Greeks to Greece and the Turks in Greece back to ...

... here or there (this is very rare!!). They are much more aggressive in other areas. In the afternoon I took the bus to Sirince (pronounced similar to syringe). It's a very quaint little village in the hills about 8 km from Selcuk. They produce a lot ...

... in awe at the history marked in this area since time began, tasted the sweet fruit wine from the village Sirince, and found ourselves addicted to the Turkish meatballs sizzling in olive oil with cheese, tomatos and onions served with flat ...