gttexas: In Kusadasi, Turkey harbor.
gttexas: According to legend, John brought Mary, the mother of Jesus, to Ephesus after the death of Jesus.
gttexas: The Cistern
gttexas: Sign describing the Shrine of the Virgin Mary
gttexas: The last home of the Virgin Mary. The doorway near the center is the exit.
gttexas: Home of the Virgin Mry
gttexas: Home of the Virgin Mary - The Exit way
gttexas: People in line to enter the home of the Virgin Mary.
gttexas: Prayers and wishes written on paper towels, toilet paper, and what-have-you line the wall leaving.
gttexas: Prayers and wishes written on paper towels, toilet paper, and what-have-you line the wall leaving.
gttexas: The Cistern
gttexas: Snack shop
gttexas: Snack area just beside the bus parking area
gttexas: View of Ephesus area as we descend the hill from the home of the Virgin Mary.
gttexas: View of Ephesus area as we descend the hill from the home of the Virgin Mary.
gttexas: Of course our guide had to have us stop by the shop of his very good friend Ali
gttexas: The lady at the shop next door was doing a booming business in fresh squeezed pomegranite juice.
gttexas: The shops just across the road from the entrance to the Ephesus archaelogical site.. Ali's shop is the Tugra Cashmere House just right of center.
gttexas: The entrance to the "Ephesus Experience Museum".
gttexas: Practically all of the standing columns were knocked down by earthquakes. Excavated from the ground, archaelogists have repaired and realigned much of the site.
gttexas: Roman Baths at Ephesus
gttexas: Poman Baths
gttexas: Myself at Ephesus
gttexas: Cat on a pedestal
gttexas: Angie finds a friend.
gttexas: We're walking down the main road past many shops.
gttexas: Ephesus
gttexas: Much of the ruins have been covered to protect them from the elements. The excavation will, hopefully, be completed later.
gttexas: The Goddess Nike
gttexas: In the distance you can see the library of Ephesus