Hotel Akay Selcuk

... by large mountains. We learned that there were seven universities in Izmir, but only 10% of the applicants are accepted. Military service of 18 months is compulsory for men. It can get broiling hot in the summer. Itek said it was 125 in the shade this year.<br> The Turks originally were Mongols who invaded, and the country has been conquered many times. When Ataturk took over, he forbade the veil and fez. A new day for Turkey!<br> We continued to drive past ...

... and the coast, I guess most people pass through in the coach load, but I found it quite relaxing and stayed here for much longer than expected (4 days).<br><br> Ephesus is 3km from Selcuk town, but I was staying in a hostel further out of town and it was only a short walk away from the entrance. I walked out on the highway for a short walk to the turn-off, when a ...

I felt asleep before 630 last evening, and got up at 5 this morning. What a sound sleep! And an amazing new noon arose outside my window. The prayer sound made the context really turkish. <br><br>Our lunch was at a resort with a lake. There were no other customers but us, the participants at the conference. It cost 20 lira, so maybe too expensive for local people. <br><br>Dinner was lighter, but i still couldn't finish it.

... one mile of thread in the cocoon and we saw the teasing out of this thread and its spinning into multi-strand threads used for carpet making. The owner had his employees lay out many carpets on the floor for us and we were impressed with the variety of colours and different materials used in their weaving. One type of silk carpet had 650 knots per square inch! We demurred at spending anything on the admittedly splendid carpets so they lost interest in us and we went back to the boat.

... looking for his shop. He is still in Selcuk, and he actually remembered me, and that I was from Canada! We got to talking, and I told him my problems with my phone. He made it sound so sensible and easy when he suggested that I buy a new phone in Turkey. That way I could use it whenever I'm in Turkey, and wouldn't have to worry about having it registered. All I would have to do is buy a new sim card each time. It made a lot of sense to me, and next thing I knew, the telephone guy from ...

... from a lady who was herding her two cows down the street. We went to the "wrong" place for lunch, but it was fine. My mom had picked one out of the guidebook where she wanted to go, but got mixed up and directed us to another. By the time we got seated and she opened up the book again, it seemed silly to get up and leave. I laughed because one of the big draws for her was that the restaurant where she wanted to go had "all organic produce, most of it ...