So we woke up to our ship docked at the port town of Kusadasi, Turkey on this morning. Had breakfast on the deck of the ship overlooking the view pictured here (left). We were now on mainland Turkey.Some of our group went on a tour of the Chapel of St. Mary, and then went on to Ephesus, while others went straight to Ancient Ephesus. I did the latter. Ephesus is so impressive. The most memorable part of it is the facade to the library there. Just stunning. (I used that word a lot on this trip.) It was not so hot, since we got up early and got out there before the real heat of the day set in.
We all returned to the ship, and it took off for the island of Patmos. This is the island where John wrote the book of Revelation. We all loved Patmos. It was a great little port town. Most of the group headed to the beach to lay out. Marshall and John Crenshaw, and Ethan Knoch and myself found a mo-ped rental place and for ten Euros we rented bikes and rode around the island. We took of to the top of the mountain where the monastery is
located...and where you get a fantastic view of the port and water below. Amazing. We also took a run over to the other side of the island...where there were more beautiful beaches. Finally most of the group ended the night walking around after a great Greek dinner once again.We jumped on our tender boats that took us back
to the ship...and we were in for the night.
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