Rilican Hotel Selcuk

... on me! (More Turkish security). What a score! So, I hope that really was the Italian president, because it was very exciting!<br> After that, we were entertained by costumed re-enactors playing dancing girls, emperors, tradesmen and gladiators. Cheesy but appreciated. When we left the park, we walked through a gauntlet of trades people in a bazaar. I had great fun bargaining for Turkish Delight, Apple Tea, and saffron.<br> As usual, a few guests were late back to ...

... The main picture you see advertised are of the two storey front facade of the Library, (which was the second largest library of it's time, second only to Alexandria, Egypt). <br><br> <br><br>The amphitheatre was equally impressive (but not as big or scary as the one at Pergamum, Not to mention the details of the tiered residential area; the marble streets; the ...

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.

H's Notes<br>We woke to find ourselves mooring in Kusadasi. Our tour to Ephesus had been planned for the afternoon so we took ourselves off for a walk along the seafront and out to Pigeon Island which gives Kusadasi its name. <br>The tour to Ephesus was quite stunning and the ruins were far more extensive than we had ever envisioned. According to our guide Ihsan who was born in Greece but who has lived in this area for over 30 years, only a quarter of the Ephesus complex has been ...

... and sorted it all out. <br><br>Nice relaxed place though.<br><br>http://www.anzguesthouse .com<br><br><br>We had a look round Ephesus which was interesting but quite expensive to enter, but if you're interested in ancient Greek architecture then this is one of the better ones.<br><br>http://www.kusadasi.biz/ep hesus/

... supper around 8 or 9 at night! Check out the photos for a tempting view! Kusadasi is a major tourist city where cruise ships drop people off down in the centre and steets of shop stalls try to lure you in to buy jewelry, clothes, Turkish delight, lanterns, trinkets, apple tea, leather goods, and knives, etc.. The competition is fierce, but the clerks are friendly. There are several mosques in the area, the largest being at the foot of the hill and down ...

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... flew back to Selcuk and will be here for a few days before heading back to Konya to stay with my Turkish family again. After that, it's back to Istanbul to pick up Karen, and do it all over again. Before I got to Turkey, I had good intentions to go to Greece for four to six weeks, but now that I am in Turkey, I just can't tear myself away. I know this won't be my last time in Turkey, and I am thankful that I still have six weeks until I have to say goodbye until my next trip here. Until next time, Gaye

... ahead of the hoardes of other tourists who kept arriving in large A/C busses! Ephesus is called the best preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean and Turkey's premier tourist site. The city had running water, public toilets, a renowned medical institute, brothel and roman baths. Ý guess the ancient men here were as amorous as they are now! Ýt is a constant effort to decline invitations for drinks etc...gets very ...