Chapter 2 officially started on Monday with and early flight to Izmir. This old city of Symirna has been home to many different tribes as well as Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. We rented our 4 door, AC'd friend Renault Symbol for the next 10 days. Our first stop was at famous Ephesus Ruins. This breathtaking place for history lovers captured my attention right away with a gigantic 25,000 seat stadium/amphitheater. The Theatre was the place where sporting events took place as well as the congregation area for people of Ephesus. Making our way to the famous Library truly captured everyone's attention. Pictures don't justify how beautiful this architecture is. Walking up and down in the ruins of Ephesus under 100 degrees I felt like how they must have been living those days.
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| At the Theatre Gymnasium in Ephesus Ruins |
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| Famous Celsius Library that is over 2500 years old |
As we continued our historical personal tour with Virgin Mary's home we realized the uniqueness of these famous sites. Virgin Mary have lived on top of the Bulbul mountain in last part of her life after Jesus. Pope Jean Paul's visit to the site in 60s made the place world wide known. Making my prayers and putting a wish paper n the wish board was great. Now that wishes were wished we only had the time to wait until they come true... We also had a quick stop at the Artemis Temple which it's only lasting column out of the 127 was the home to a few birds.
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| Siegs is in the middle of the wish board |
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| Hanging by the only left column of the Artemis Temple |
We made our way to our hotel after long and tiring day and we cooled off at the beach that was 100m from us. Watched the sunset and took horrible pictures as the sun was setting. Having a fish is a must in the coastal towns and we both had a fresh wild Cupra (Sea Bream) and went back to our balcony for people watching killing a bottle of Turkish Pinot Noir, Okuzgozu. Day 2 in Kusadasi was dedicated to Ladies Beach. This tourist-filled 1km long beach has the best water of Kusadasi. Spending the entire day here, reading our books, sunbathing and sipping a pint of Efes beer was a timely act. Officially the beach time has started. Let's see how the rest of the beaches will compare to Kusadasi.
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| Kusadasi beach by our hotel |
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| Not sure how many sunsets we caught but this was quite spectacular |
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