Hitit Hotel Selcuk

Destination 395

km195'201

Not such a spectacular scenery but beatiful enaugh, the route along the second part of the southern coastal route was enjoyment for any biker. Unfotunatley enaugh, the fact that my rear shock was about to say goodbye by loosing the oil was reason why I was distracted for much of the time. How to get this bloody shock repaired or even replaced?
A real highlight was a meeting of a turkish biker who owned a ...

... of the earthquake, many buildings fell and dirt buried a lot of the city, which, actually helped to preserve it. In order to reveal the main walkway, archaeologists had to dig down 10 metres. The library that has been built as they think it looked is built with about 50% of the original materials. It is believed that when the earthquake happened, those that survived moved to another area nearby and when they needed materials, they simply ...

Flew to Istanbul and onto Ismir and then took a train to Selcuk. Must admit that I was getting nervous on the train ride in a very rustic train and very bleak countryside but was pleasantly surprised when we arrived in Selcuk. It is a quaint town with lots of shops and restaurants in a compact downtown area that we could walk to from our hotel. Turkish people are really friendly but guess I should say men since we really did not see or talk to ...

... of Christians at Ephesus), Mary finished out her days in this house after migrating to Asia Minor with John. The location was "discovered" in the 19th century by Sister Anna Catherina Emmerich, a German invalid who had never left home. The discovery was in the form of a dream, from which the nun awoke with a stigmata. The site was later found as described and was visited by Popes Paul VI and John Paul II, who both verified its authenticity. The validity of the site is also supported by ...

... she woke up she declared it the most comfortable couch in the world. Sarah sat down on it and decided Lindsey must be really tired, because the couch was little more than springs and some fabric. Then we discovered our new favorite show, a new zealand sitcom called "Outrageous Fortune" which is similar to Arrested Development but with a much trashier family.

For dinner we went back to Mehmet's shop and after dinner went again to the ANZ ...

... the traveling necessities. I'm glad I packed so lightly, for example. I've used pretty much everything I brought, and the only thing I wish I had brought but didn't is a small pair of scissors (small enough to be allowed in a carry-on). So Eli and Hannah will bring that with them. I've gotten a system for keeping track on money and figured out what I need when I leave in the morning, depending on the plan for the day. I finished ...

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... apollo. there was a great long marble road that ran from miletus to didim, with statues along the way. you can tell the temple was immense and over the course of the 200-odd years of construction, it never actually got finished. the temple was home to a seer, like at delphi. a lot of the artifacts from these sites are now in berlin. tomorrow, ephesus, and i'll try to put up pics.

... like things that you can fill with your choice of foods. So I had my, now usual, apple tea with a pancake filled with spinach, cheese and potatoes. mmmm :) We trekked up a hill to see the chamber of the seven sleepers. As the legend goes, 7 people escaped a war in Ephesus and went to this cave, fell asleep, and woke up 200 years later to find that they had been what they considered as "resurrected ...