Day 9 (Fourth day at sea)

Day 9 (Fourth day at Sea)

Walking down columned pathway of Ephesus

Hadrians Temple at end of walkway

Panorama of Ephesus

Hadrians Temple

Statue to the Goddess Artimus (Diana)

Lunch in Kusadasi

Today we docked at Kusadasi.  We took a tour of ancient Ephesus and it was fantastic. We started at a high point above Ephesus and descended by foot down to the temple of Hadrian. There were a lot of ruins. Actually the entire place was covered with earth until a hundred years ago. The Roman baths were extensive with different rooms for graduating temperatures.  Our tour guide said that the popularity of the baths contributed to deforestation which allowed the soil to move and slide over the ruins.  It is marvelous what has been uncovered and what remains to be discovered.  If you buy a more expensive tour, you can go under the covered parts of the ruins and see interiors with tile and pictures intact!  Our dinner companion took this tour and showed us pictures which I will try to include later.  They even found a GROCERY LIST!  Also, some scribbles on the wall done by children.  Upon our return to the port at Kusadasi we wandered about the village and enjoyed a Turkish lunch of various shish kabob and gyro plates that were very good and finished it off with baklava (I've had better).  Back on ship we rested to a movie on TV and did some reading and relaxing.  After dinner we enjoyed a musical program of old songs made famous by The Platters and the Drifters.   The band included one of the original drifters and Tamika Jackson, who is related to the famous Michael Jackson.