Look at us on the other side of the world! Still Unbelievable. We booked a tour and our first stop was Ephesus. They are trying to unbury and restore so much of the city. It is pretty amazing. The goddess Nike carving. And so so many people up there. The library is the double story building. The holes in the bench is the public toilets! We walked thru the gladiator tunnel and saw a reenactment of the people of this time. The arena was very impressive too.

Next we went to Firca Quartz Ceramic Store. They showed us their pottery and then tried to sell everybody. Then they took us to see the Virgin Mary’s house! Then they took us to a “free” lunch. After the lunch they brought us inside the warehouse and taught us about their rug making and then spent an hour stryong to sell Ruth adn Brady a 20,000$ rug. And finally we went to the site of the Temple of Artemis – it was pretty lack luster after the ruins that we had seen earlier in the day. We stopped at the candy store for Turkish Delights and then back to the ship.

Everything for sale in Turkey was a Genuine Fake!