Hotel Pinar Selcuk

... the feral dogs, not quite as nice as the ones in Greece. But then I heard a meow, and we started to see the feral cats. They were very handsome, with sweet faces. But is is so sad to see these animals begging for food. We wondered how they survived out there as there is nothing around.<br> As we got down to the main temple, a three story wonder, something stirred the crowd. Many men in dark suits, earpieces, Ray bans, staring at the crowd. I've seen this before. We ...

... years... (or perhaps the place she ascended from??) however upon closer historical inspection, the house was 'identified' by a women in the late 1800s after having a 'dream'... so like most biblical sites - it's a lot of heresay...<br><br> I walked around Ephesus for about 4-5hours (with an audio guide) and it was so worth it.. I was accosted by a tourist tout who ...

... harbour became silted over seemed out of sync with the rest of Europe in its time of immersion in the Dark Ages. So much knowledge was lost or suppressed at that time by those who contributed nothing to the rational and wonderful development of the world. The civilisations that created places such as Ephesus and the Acropolis were so advanced and their writings and thoughts were burned in the large libraries they had created by the pagan ignorant and the Christian destroyers. How ...

... to Ephisus and took them from the ruins. Still, what has been rebuilt is incredible. I think it would have been very interesting to live in that town during its day.<br>After the carpet demonstration, where we learned that it takes 2 girls 2 years to make an 8x10 carpet, we headed back to the ship for some lunch and a rest. Then we left the ship again and headed to a nearby beach where we rented some beach chairs and hung out for a few hours.

... C. and fading by 700 A.D. The ruins are quite well preserved...marble streets, library, gymnasium, hamam baths, council halls, agoras and temples, of course! The terraced houses of the upper class of Ephesus which are currently being excavated were fascinating! They were filled with frescoes on the walls and mosaics on the floor. They even had a heating and cooling system using water! At the stadium which held 25,000 people we met another family ...

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... beer) and watching the football. We headed to the ruins at Ephesus the next day, which were far, far more impressive than Troy. The city was completed around 550BC and is famed for the Temple of Artemis (one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World). The temple was destroyed in 401CE, but was then rebuilt again by Emperor Constantine I. Ephesus was also one of the Seven Churches of Asia (a.k.a. the Seven Churches of the Apocalypse) in the Book of Revelations ...

... an interest in real estate, I thought to myself that I should get the hell out now before he ends up talking me in to buying some property!! I just wish I had bought Dell a long time ago, as poor Helen had to listen to me whine and complain about my Mac the whole time she was here. While we were in Selcuk, we went to another hamam, and just took it easy. Nights were spent at Aydin's shop sitting on the cushions outside talking, listening to Murselin playing the saz, and eating ...

... We wound our way back through the countryside and headed for home. We had one more unexpected stop when I spotted what looked to be a ruined temple not too far off the road. When I saw a turn for it, I pulled off and we found ourselves in the ruined city of Euromos, home of the Temple of Zeus. I will get pictures up and you can look at it. It's the best preserved temple we've seen so far. The caretaker says that not many people come there because ...