Hotel Coral Beach Potos

... went for lunch. Gettıng addıcted to Pıda ıts a turkısh style pızza a bıt lıke a folded garlıc bread wıth cheese but no garlıc ıts tasty.

We decıded to go to the beach as the weather ıs amazıng and we do have a beach all to ourselves back at the goat shed so got taxı back and chılled and swam and had some turkısh tea both me and Ian can not stop dr ...

... are great.

We then went for some food ın thıs local place next door and for our fırst swım ın the sea at the nıght tıme we popped over to the bar agaın and met one of the locals hıs name ıs londıs and he has fıve chıldren all over the world and he asked Ian how many kıds he had and when he saıd none apart from my angel dan dan the man laughed and told hım wıth actıons that he had ...

... few days playing cards with our fellow guests - Paul, Sally, Sam and Eleanor - hi guys and hope he rest of your trip was less strenous than that climb to Ephesus!

The weather was truly toasty which made the fact that the sea was icy a rather unexpected surprise. We'd taken a boat trip to explore some of the small islands lying off the coast and at the first swim stop we were itching to cool off in the beautifully clear blue waters - and ...

... few gay ones for good measure. The boy scouts appear to have built a trail up to the castle ruins, where the christians-muslims-pagans all spent ...

... executing all the adult males. Though the edit was voted down before any action was taken, the idea of Lesvos with only female inhabitants was born -- hence the term "lesbian".

This was a charming Greek island with a rich history. Lesvos was considered the very center of Greek culture and society. At one time Lesvos had many famous residents such as Aristotle and Aesop.

... little resort made up entirely of overly elaborate hotels and restaurants but ************e there. We found an idyllic campsite overlooking Lesbos with it's own jetty. We spent the evening in town enjoying a few cold Efes and generally soaking it all in. All in all a pretty good find.

... the Divine and labeled as one of the Seven churches of the Apaocalypse... also known as the throne of the Devil... a place where today's locals set up their food stands and sell fruit and chickens tethered on strings, tied to remnants of ancient walls...

After Pergamum we drove to Assos and set up our base there... exploring the surrounding region... Assos is a beautiful and quaint fishing village nestled on the coast of the Aegean, 6 ...

... cold, the rain sends a chill through your bones. I'd like to visit Eressus, the birthplace of Sappho, and the petrified forest on the west side of the island as well as the little towns tucked into crevices around the island. But when I go to rent the car and inquire as to the schedule of boats to Turkey for our eventual exodus, I hear that phrase that sounds like a bad joke...you can't get there from here...it's winter...no you can't fly ...

... taverna the recipient patronizes and all evening men drift by to shuffle the envelopes and put theirs in a pocket. Kostas had just taken us for a visit to a Greek Orthodox Church which is not open to the public, but on Saturday evenings the priests open it up to prepare for Sunday and we were allowed to visit. An elaborately carved floor to ceiling facade, or iconostasis, screens the priests from the congregation. We also climbed the bell tower ...

This Izmir trip, just of three days and four nights, took us from one place to another and we found that we were friendly acquainted with the Izmir Otogar (bus station) at the end of this trip. This was our route; Istanbul to Izmir to Selcuk to Ephesus - Efes back to Selcuk to Sirince back to Selcuk to Izmir to Foca again back to Izmir to Bergama to the Bergama yol (road) and finally returned to Istanbul (via coast/sahil). We (being 15 from 10 countries...I hope ...