First off, Ephesus is amazing! As is Selcuk. We arrived in Selcuk after leaving our beautiful Fethiye, very sad, but on to the next place. Last year in Turkey I did not make it to Ephesus which was a shame because that means that neither did my mom or aunt. And boy did we miss out! It was wonderful!
Danya and I have really good timing skills, we MEANT to go at noon without water... hehe. *sarcasm* We are still in some other time zone that makes us two hours behind anything we plan on doing. Every guide book and website will say to arrive early in the morning so that you can beat the heat and the crowds. While our intentions were good, our timing is not. We arrived at noon and walked around in the middle of the heat. It was hot and sweaty with very little shade or breeze but it was worth it!Ephesus is an ancient city that for many years was the second largest city in the Roman empire. (Thanks wikipedia!) It was huge and ancient and breathtaking! Every where you would turn would be something more astounding then the next. The Library of Celsus is beautiful!
While we stayed in Selcuk, we couchsurfed there. It was a good experience and a great way to see Selcuk. We stayed with a guy who ran a carpet shop and we got to hang out there and watch them talk to foreigners and help them buy carpets. It was fun just drinking tea and people watching. We also walked around a little bit and saw a little bit of Selcuk.
The neatest part of couchsurfing was the other 'surfer' that was staying there. She is a Canadian that is trying to find work and eventually move to Turkey. I totally understand why too, while you are in Turkey, you fall in love with it. The saying is if you drink the apple tea, you will end your days in Turkey. Well the apple tea is amazing and Turkey isnt a bad place to live. It has wonderful people, an interesting culture and feel of where the west meets the east. It was a good time talking to her because you cant always have the conversations that we were having with people who arent into traveling. We were sharing stories and she was asking us all about our PC service. We also might be meeting her camel while we are in India! :)
The morning we were heading out from Selcuk, we stopped by St. John's Church. It was really nice because we had the whole place to ourselves so of course we took photo shoots! There werent a lot of signs so we made up stories for the different rooms and areas, it was fun!
We headed up to Bergama after a slightly expensive breakfast and once in Bergama crashed from the heat. Our really nice hostel had air conditioning and internet so we kind of zoned out for a while. That night we walked around and went to the store but didnt really do or see anything. The next day we made it a beach day and just about all of the transportation errors that could go wrong, did. We got on the wrong bus going the wrong way only to get off at the wrong place. People could not give us directions and we got so turned around... frustrating and annoying. We finally got on the right bus where a guy helped us get directions and made it to where we needed to be. It wasnt the relaxing day we had planned it to be but it worked out.
The next day we walked around the city more and saw the Red Basilica and took even more photo shoots. This time playing with the color options... fun times.
After Bergama, we went up to Istanbul and took an overnight bus to get there. Uncomfortable and long but we made it!
Danya and I have really good timing skills, we MEANT to go at noon without water... hehe. *sarcasm* We are still in some other time zone that makes us two hours behind anything we plan on doing. Every guide book and website will say to arrive early in the morning so that you can beat the heat and the crowds. While our intentions were good, our timing is not. We arrived at noon and walked around in the middle of the heat. It was hot and sweaty with very little shade or breeze but it was worth it!Ephesus is an ancient city that for many years was the second largest city in the Roman empire. (Thanks wikipedia!) It was huge and ancient and breathtaking! Every where you would turn would be something more astounding then the next. The Library of Celsus is beautiful!
While we stayed in Selcuk, we couchsurfed there. It was a good experience and a great way to see Selcuk. We stayed with a guy who ran a carpet shop and we got to hang out there and watch them talk to foreigners and help them buy carpets. It was fun just drinking tea and people watching. We also walked around a little bit and saw a little bit of Selcuk.
The neatest part of couchsurfing was the other 'surfer' that was staying there. She is a Canadian that is trying to find work and eventually move to Turkey. I totally understand why too, while you are in Turkey, you fall in love with it. The saying is if you drink the apple tea, you will end your days in Turkey. Well the apple tea is amazing and Turkey isnt a bad place to live. It has wonderful people, an interesting culture and feel of where the west meets the east. It was a good time talking to her because you cant always have the conversations that we were having with people who arent into traveling. We were sharing stories and she was asking us all about our PC service. We also might be meeting her camel while we are in India! :)
The morning we were heading out from Selcuk, we stopped by St. John's Church. It was really nice because we had the whole place to ourselves so of course we took photo shoots! There werent a lot of signs so we made up stories for the different rooms and areas, it was fun!
We headed up to Bergama after a slightly expensive breakfast and once in Bergama crashed from the heat. Our really nice hostel had air conditioning and internet so we kind of zoned out for a while. That night we walked around and went to the store but didnt really do or see anything. The next day we made it a beach day and just about all of the transportation errors that could go wrong, did. We got on the wrong bus going the wrong way only to get off at the wrong place. People could not give us directions and we got so turned around... frustrating and annoying. We finally got on the right bus where a guy helped us get directions and made it to where we needed to be. It wasnt the relaxing day we had planned it to be but it worked out.
The next day we walked around the city more and saw the Red Basilica and took even more photo shoots. This time playing with the color options... fun times.
After Bergama, we went up to Istanbul and took an overnight bus to get there. Uncomfortable and long but we made it!
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