Vera Hotel Le Prince Ada Kusadasi

... water around on our bikes for the last week and a half. Now it's time to drench them in vinegar, but I didn't have any. Thus started the fun of trying to identify and purchase vinegar. We were pretty sure that we had found some, but the shop keeper wouldn't confirm even after our sour faces. Instead he went down the street to a buddy who had a translator in his palm. Easily we typed in VINEGAR and out popped the Turkish word and the purchase was in ...

... and sheep being sold on the sides of the road and several pick up trucks complete with a cow and a sheep in the back. It was a bizarre and yet quite fascinating thing to see. Just thought I'd share.)
Back at the hotel we finally unpacked, having simply dumped all our stuff in our room, ransacked the case for our football shirts and dashed off to the match. The hotel is amazing. We've got a king size bed! It's huge! as well as floor to ceiling windows on one wall which overlook the ...

... visit through security checks so we could go outside for a cigarette. It was only when (with about 40 minutes before our flight left) we looked at the departures board for our gate number that it began to dawn on us what the problem might have been at the transfer desk. By this point, I feel I need to add, we had been up for 23 hours - and 2 hours of broken kip on a plane doesn't help keep your brain sharp. Our flight was not on the departures board. We went to ...

... of her life. Then we went to the archaelogical site of the ancient city of Ephesus. This has some of the best preserved ruins we saw during our entire trip. Unfortunately my camera battery died shortly into our tour but you can see better pictures anyway at http://www.ephesus.us. Later we explored the town of Kusadasi and ate dinner at a little cafe down by the port.

TURKEY - KUSADASI (EPHESUS) VIEWED THE RUINS OF THE ANCIENT AND NOW UNINHABITED GREEK CITY IN TURKEY OF EPHESUS. THE CITY OF EPHESUS'S HAY DAY WAS FROM 800 BC to 500 BC HOWEVER, IT HAD ANOTHER 700 YEARS - FROM 500 BC to 200 BC AS A VERY IMPORTANT CITY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD AS PART OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. IT HAD A POPULATION OF OVER 250,0000. IT IS COMPLETELY DESERTED NOW, EXCEPT FOR ...

... he knew. We were held there until his partner made it up to us and again reminded us that we were on Forbiden ground and there was DANGER! We worn't very worried, we had not seen any signs or fences along our journey. We told them we were hiking and they had no idea what we were talking about. In my travels so far the only people I have seen running, hiking or doing any type of exercise are tourists. So, again I say that ...

... STANDBY" as I have to fly, so she said she and her husband had paid to come on the cruise because they didn't want to risk it. She also said every cabin was booked. Why doesn't it feel crowded? I LOVE THIS SHIP! I stopped into the Ocean Bar and had a Grolsch beer and listened to the Jazz combo.... watching Kusadasi outside the windows. Dinner was wonderful, an amazing garlic soup, and then we went up to the Lido deck to play Canasta... quality family time ...

... at four thirty in the morning to a port as dark as and scary as anything I'd imagined. I had to wait there until 8:30 when the first boat left for Kusadesi in Turkey. There was a restaurant open just off the dock and I sat there until it got bright out. I was a miserable thing. But now I'm here! And people so far have been amazing. When I look ...

... it was weird but neat to be sitting there. The Library of Calcus was also very impressive. It was built by two slaves who were set free by Augustus, so they built the library to honor him. It also serves as the entrance to the commercial agora. The library was huge and had tunnel passages running underneath that connected different parts of the town. We were able to go into the library and look around. Our final stop in Ephesus was the Theater of ...

Our cruise stopped off in Turkey for a day. We toured a bazar/casbah and drank some tea.
I remember on our land approach, being surprised at how deep green colour the hills were, popluated with so many trees. The city buildings were a beautiful cream white colour - sublime beauty.