Selcuk, Izmir, Turkey
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The following day we had the morning to do what we wanted because I didn't want to go to Troy as there is not much there. We then had a supposedly 6 hour drive to
Izmir and then a 1 hr drive from Izmir to
Selcuk. We should have arrived in Selcuk at 7 - 7:30. That didn't quite happen! There was bad traffic so we were late getting into
Izmir and then we were supposed to have a private bus to take us to Selcuk but there were people on our bus and they could only take 10 of us and then the rest would have to wait 50mins to get picked up by the next bus. We all decided to wait so the bus company arranged for one to arrive sooner. Once we got on the bus there was only just enough room for the luggage. as we were driving to
Selcuk we heard this loud noise and then I could smell rubber burning and we thought maybe it was the tyre. 2 mins later there was another loud bang and yep the tyre had blown. So we all got off the bus and waited for them to fix it without a jack. We didn't get into
Selcuk until 9:30 and people still wanted to go for tea. I couldn't believe it. I don't think we got to bed until after 11 and we had to be up and ready to go to
Ephesus at 8. Luckily we are staying in the nicest hotel we have had yet. Had a really good night's sleep for once and woke up feeling a lot better than I had the previous night. We walked to Ephesus today which was about 3km and on the way we passed the ruins of the Temple of Artemis which was one of the 7 ancient wonders of the world. Now all that is left is a pillar. We continued to
Ephesus which was a major city during late pagan and early Chirstianity times. It is also where the Virgin Mary stayed once upon a time. After Ephesus we had lunch (another yiros) and then went to the Basilica of St John which is actually where he is burried. It was nice. After all the rain we have had over the past couple of days today has been amazing. Very warm, but nice. Tomorrow we drive to
Pamukkale which is supposed to be very picturesque. Well that's all for now.
Bye
