DAY EIGHT

Efes

The bus dropped us off at the front entrance.
We bought tickets and bustled through the tourists to get in.

This place is seriously amazing.

One of the wonders of the ancient world
It is really beyond words

believe it or not

So I will let the photos do the talking.

Serince
(pron: sher-in-jay)

In the afternoon we took a local bus up to this litte Greek villiage
Famed for it's fruit wine.

In the 1920's when Turkey was created,
all the Turks were kicked out of Greece,
and all the Greeks were kicked out of Turkey.

No one remembered to tell these guys.
Now their decendants are still there in this little white washed village.

We wandered around, bought some wine, had some lunch
and spent the afternoon drinking an interesting bottle of melon wine in a cafe overlooking the valley, nice.

In one on the shops an old TV showed images of tanks and desert.
I wander where that is?
but we paid little attention.

And that was pretty much it.

We got a bus down the hill,
picked up our bags... again,
Took a bus to Izmir,
They dropped us at the airport,
we boarded a plane,
landed at Ataturk,
hopped on a bus,

and we were back

into the traffic,
the smog,
the beggars,
the sellers,
and the vibe,

of Taksim.

THE END