Kusadaci

Today we went to Kusadaci, Turkey. Right when we got off the boat we started looking for a cab to Ephesus. It took us almost an hour but we finally managed to hire someone to drive us to Ephesus (about 20 miles away from kusadaci), drop us off at the upper gate and wait for us at the lower gate to bring us back. Most of the cab drivers wanted 80 euros for the job (about $120) but we were able to get an older gentleman to take us for 80 lira (about $60). We were pretty proud of ourselves. The drive to Ephesus was really fun since we were able to see more of the country side.
Walking through Ephesus was amazing! I don’t know how they were able to build such amazing structures out of granite way back then, but they did an incredible job. I loved just wandering through the city wondering what it must have been like back in the day. It was quite incredible though because apparently Ephesus used to be a port town. However, we could not even see the sea from the ruins. It’s amazing how much the landscape has changed. After we were through at the city we hopped back in the cab and headed back to town. On the way back our cab stopped at a rug factory to let us take a look. I was a little nervous he was just going to take off while we were inside and we were going to be stranded at a rug shop in the middle of nowhere with no escape. (Turkish rug sellers are known for being extremely pushy and won’t take no for an answer) We aren’t sure if they could tell we had 0 money or what but they were very gracious to us and never tried to push us into buying a rug and luckily our cab driver did indeed wait.
When we arrived back in town we paid our driver for the afternoon and then took a look around the bazaar. We didn’t actually buy anything since we ended up spending so much getting to Ephesus, but it was still fun taking a look. When we got tired we headed back to the ship and CRASHED. We laid down around 6 PM, woke up around 9 PM, ordered room service and then went back to sleep.