Final Day in Turkey

After touring Ephesus, we spent a couple of hours on the shore of the Aegean. This beach was so beautiful, so natural; just palm trees and sand, with one café to serve our afternoon tea. The water was cold, great for wading, but too cold for me to swim. Our friend and his teenage son swam, but they came out shivering, and maybe a little blue.

 We walked around Selcuk a little...

 

Then had our final dinner in Turkey, again at the little Bed and Breakfast, with our new friends, Daivati from Oregon, and Peter from Australia.

 





Monday morning, after another delicious breakfast, we toured one last ancient Greek village.

 and headed toward the airport.

We stopped at a lovely outdoor café to have tea, where we asked our waiter about what looked like an ancient fortress on top of a mountain nearby. He told us that it was a fortress, built around 500AD. Our waiter soon returned and invited us to join a group of men at another table, where we were introduced to a retired Archaeologist who had been the curator the Ephesus museum, and who had uncovered significant artifacts from Romans and even the Hittites in the area.

THAT was on our way to the airport! Icing on the cake. What a tremendous way to end this remarkable trip.