The famous library. It's actually a tomb, but is known as the library. The restored front wall shown here is amazing.
Arriving in Selcuk, we had booked 2 nights - plenty of time to see the nearby ruins of Ephesis and the town itself. On arriving at 'Atilla's Getaway', Jules and Jeff - yes a pair of aussies - told us we would be there longer - we disagreed. We were wrong.
Our little paradise at Attila's Getaway
Attila, apparently the first Turkish baby born in Aus, has returned to Turkey to run a pension where Aussies could feel at home and relax whilst doing the west coast of Turkey trip that everyone seems to do. A few km out of town with a spring water pool, bar, wonderful food, pool table and volleyball court, was enough to tempt Dean and I to take a few days off and just to stay put for a few days.
Genuine Fake Watches. Phew... i'd hate to get a fake genuine one instead...
We checked out Ephesis on Day 1 before we got too lazy and took a couple o new friends along with us. This is a cool set of ruins from a city where who can follow the ruins through the main street to check out the baths, temples, agoras, theatres, and the library - the most impressive part of Ephesis for me. But after a couple of hours baking in hte sun, we were all ready to pay town a quick visit and get back to the pool.
A gate. Hadrian's I think. This would have looked cool way back when...
A huge latrine. Wonder if they had newspapers back then...
The theatre. Pretty damn big. Groups of tourists coming through always decide to test it out with a bit of singing, which actually shows off the acoustics really well.
We saw some old chapel and some cool stork nests on old aquaducts in town then headed back for a swim... then stayed and stayed. On the 5th day we took a day trip to a local Greek Village of Sirence to try the local fruit wines and meander the streets. On the way we met some Irish - the man was from Cork and we have no idea what he was saying. The two women strongly reminded me of podge and rodge - their accents were identical as was the way they chatted. hehehe.
Storks tend to like these high roosts. This used to be part of an aqueduct.
Jeff, with his friendly free shots...
Despite feeling completely at home, and loving our hosts, we finally said a sad goodbye and continued our travels.
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