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Ancient Smyma (Smyrna)
Our next stop took us to Izmir and Ephesus. This was my second time here (I was there in 1969) and wow has it changed. Izmir’s population today is about 3 million (the 3rd largest of the country) and the has the second largest port. Our guide indicated that in the 60’s it was only around 150,000! My memory was that Izmir was definitely …
Smyrna - Running on empty and a wild goose chase
... disaster it would have been to leave it behind in Selcuk and come all this way.
We noticed a small cafeteria within 100m of the entrance and scanned the notice boards for any signs of English. No luck. But we noticed a helpful expression on the face of one of the staff and decided to make him pay for it. He struggled to understand what we were looking for. He handed us over to some people inside an office who were even more helpless. Another staff member asked ...
Welcome to the country of the doner!
... mexican one. You can find a doner in every corner of the city, sometimes even two, and they are so good and so cheap! Turkish people also spend their life drinking çay, or turkish tea. For this they always use small and characteristical glasses with a curved narrow shape in the middle. And also turkish coffee, which is thicker and concentrated without milk. Both quite good! The last night, I took a night bus to Istanbul, the next and last stop in ...
Bye gallipoli .. Hello Izmir
Arrived into turkey s third largest city of 4.5 mil inhabitants 6 hrs later ok coach, we badly need to quench our thirst. Checked into hotel that s a pleasant surprise of Nuevo and modern, we quickly set out to explore the city. They ve a big bazaar bigger than Grand Bazaar Istanbul . Dinner was a nice seafood with some wine n raki. ...
An Impressive Pile of Rubble
... artists have performed there - that would be something magical to experience! After leaving Ephesus, our tour took us to a traditional rug making/selling business. You're all probably saying to yourselves, haha this is just a way to get dumb tourists to spend lots of money......... and you're right! We are not admitting to anything, but if you pay us a visit in Surrey Hills, you may see a beautiful new rug adorning our ...
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