Kusadasi

We had a short day today. The ship docked at Kusadasi, Turkey at 8am this morning and we went ashore soon after. Jeanne had done some research ahead of time and got us a private tourguide, so we were up and running pretty much immediately.

The main points of interest that we visited were the Temple of Artemis (the largest building of the ancient world and one of the seven ancient wonders), the House of the Virgin Mary, and Ephesus. Ephesus was amazing. By comparison, Pompeii is a mere shadow.

After lunch, we got sidetracked at a rug store, where we all ended up buying something. We spent so much time there that we had to cut our tour short and return to the ship since the last boarding was at 5pm.

Right now, I'm back on the ship and sitting in the Explorer's Lounge where they're holding an art auction. I think I'm going to bid on a couple pieces...