Fifteen million inhabitants is a lot of people. We were told that the density here is second only to Shanghai. I don’t doubt that for a minute (but wikipedia differs). We arrrived early Saturday morning and left for the airport Sunday early (2:45 AM). I never saw a road that wasn’t clogged. We sailed up […]
We left Izmir early for our trip to Ephesus. It is an amazingly preserved piece of history. There are active excavations happening every day as they learn more about this ancient city. I’ll post a link to more images later since there is so much happening there. This first image below is the main shopping […]
Today we visited the incredibly overcrowded but beautiful Santorini. Shipboard connectivity is strained today. I’ll redo this post (and images) later. Here is my favorite. P.S. Tomorrow we get to visit Ephesus. I am totally psyched!! UPDATES: After leaving hte parking lot and entering the main square, this is the first thing that grabs yoiur […]
Today we visited Gythion the major port city on the Peloponnese peninsula of the Greek mainland. It is home to about ~12,000 people but still strategically important. It was the major port of the region in Roman times and the port for the key city of Sparta. While there is a lot of tourism and […]
