Day 17 Ephesus - Delayed

 Day 17: Ephesus

Weather: Hazy and hot (up to 80)

Activities: THB was going through his pic problem with MM and in so doing remembered what had worked when getting ready for the trip: shut down phone and PC and reboot.

THAT WORKED!!

Remember (HAH!! THB can't remember where he was two days ago, what hotel room he's in and the night light has gone bye-bye) when the cruise hosted a dinner in the evening in the courtyard in front of the library? This time we are seeing the whole thing with B in the lead. It is extraordinary. Definitely worth a detour, especially the protected excavation and the museum (which is not at this site). 

left over pic from Istanbul snuck in here

another out of sequence pic from Hotel Marmara

Back to B and Ephesus

not quite yet, now the room  key goes in at a slant...no wonder THB can't remember shit

from the balcony, a view of the Med Sea, from Hotel Charisma

hotel comes with a desk and no desk chair; one of the balcony chairs is now inside the room

no idea

the amphitheater is huge and in good shape

  

a public latrine

output collector

small holes for small tushies (and cats)

the donor board for the best ruins exhibit ever. costs extra and take a long time to get through so the big groups don't bother. there may have been less than 10 people when we were in the covered a/c place. another family of 4 was sitting on a glass walkway enjoying their picnic

the wall tilted during an earthquake 

the site of our evening dinner with the cruise 

a small town that was devastated by the 1923 swap of Greeks for Turks 

our lunch spot: THB and DB share dolmas and a Turkish quesadilla - excellent

our group sings Happy B'day to the guy at next table

copyright infringement?

the best museum stop on the trip? the equal of Delphi and Delos

THB wasn't supposed to take this pic

very similar to Delphi

THB has no idea what the color coding means

these bro's checked in to the Charisma right in front of us, and now here they are (half of them) at the museum