[Image]This morning we took the scooter to Ephesus (or Efes locally). By the time we arrive it is already full of tour buses, but we expected this as it is said to be the most well preserved Roman citadel of all Europe. As we walked through the site it seemed to not be so bad; sure at some bottleneck spots there are hundreds of shuffling humans, but in the confusion of following a tour guide they are not crowded around the structures that we want to see!
[Image]And it is amazing, even the road is marble and it shows the grooves worn by the long years of carts travelling up and down the path. we enjoy the opportunity to imagine the life in Efes, the market stalls and huge temple fountains, and also the public fountains not so unlike a drinking fountain that we might have today. In particular the toilets in the bath-house were well preserved, you can see that they had constant fresh water brought in for hand washing at your feet, and the human refuse was efficiently washed away too!
We left Selcuk that afternoon for Cappadocia, a 12 hour bus ride that left us in Goreme at 4am. We had called ahead to the Kookaburra Pension to make sure we could arrive early in the morning.
"Day 8 - Selcuk"
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