Ephesus,Turkey

First night aboard the ship, Alex tries his Pina Colada. We loved this Observation lounge! Too bad we never had a second to spare to hang out there!

Enjoying our aperitif  before dinner!

Ephesus was founded by the Leleges people in 3000 BC. Ephesus was the 2nd largest city during the Roman Empire times. This archaeological site has the largest collection of Roman ruins in the eastern Mediterranean.

Entering the village, 4th c BC, in 1st c AD, St Paul came to Ephesus

Only 20% has been excavated since 1890s

This Grand Theater overlooked the sea and held 24, 000 people.

This granite was imported from Egypt and came from an Egyptian Temple

There were doric, ionic, and corinthian columns here.

There was a 2 story medical center

To the left were the terrace houses

5th century mosaics in front of what was the market place

View of Celsius Library was built in 125 AD

Temple of Hadrian was located in front of baths

These toilets look a little to close for comfort!

12,000 scrolls were here, more market area in front of the library

Used to be a statue here!

This theater had concerts by U2 and Elton John, but then has been closed for further excavation ever since. This is where gladiator fights were held.

Our 2nd calamity happened with the vibrating of our suite. As Alex said, it was like being in a mini earthquake all day and all night. We did not sleep that great and went to the Reception to report the situation. It seemed as if they could do nothing. After much effort, we decided to go on our tour of Ancient Ephesus. We really enjoyed Ephesus. Then, we returned to Kusadasi where we saw carpet weavers!