Kusadasi, Turkey

I was wrong yesterday when I said that today would be Greece. If I'm taking you in order the way we went on the cruise, then Turkey is next. And here you thought Turkey day was on Thursday. Oh, different turkey.
The name of the port is Kusadasi, but the first "s" should have a little dangly thing hanging off the bottom of it and you say it Koosh-ah-dah-see. This was Bud's favorite place on our trip.
Here's the harbor.
After a short bus ride we arrived in Ephesus (think New Testament and Paul). It is the most ancient city in the world- so I'm told. It was founded in 3000 BC and houses one of the best collections of remains dating from Roman and early Christian times. It was the second largest city of the Roman Empire.


This amphitheater is the smaller of the two in the city.

The original stones are the lower rows. The upper rows have been replicated.



This is Nike. Just do it.

Awesome mosaic floor that they used for the sidewalk!


Guess what this is? We were told that the slaves (or lower class) were sent out in the morning to warm up the "toilets" so the rich people wouldn't freeze their tushies.

This is the grand library. I didn't see any books to check out though. How strange!

This is the big amphitheater. Several thousand people can fit in here, and they actually still give concerts here, including Elton John, and Sting (oops, Sting's concert dislodged some of the stones due to the sound/vibration).

Turkey is famous for its carpets. This young lady was working so fast on this carpet that it was a blur to the eye.

Here's the sales pitch.

And, a couple of signs that made me laugh...

Smoking seriously harms you and others around you, smoking causes fatal lung cancer, smokers die younger, and if that's too vague, Smoking kills!
However, maybe no one over there can read English, because it seems like they all smoke! And while I'm on the subject, we learned that 1 in every 3 cigarettes are smoked in China! Crazy. I'm glad China isn't on my bucket list!