Our issues with Troy two days ago meant we had to cram in a bit more touristing than originally planned on the way from Foca to Kusadasi. And having to replace our tire before getting going didnt help, although thankfully was easy enough.
We backtracked north for an hour or so to Pergamum, the pre-eminent medical centre of ancient Rome.
Up the hill to the acropolis, thankfully able to drive up the hill, as it was a pretty warm morning!
Up the hill to the acropolis, thankfully able to drive up the hill, as it was a pretty warm morning!Back almost past Foca to the best-preserved classical city in the eastern Mediterranean, and certainly the best we saw in Turkey, Ephesus. A fairly long drive, and lonely for Warren with the girls passed out for most of the journey!
Ephesus is just around the corner from our destination: Kusadasi. On arrival we learnt that we were staying in an all inclusive package type holiday place, i.e. all the food and drink you can stomach. Arriving in time for a quick swim, the girls quickly drunk them out of white wine while Warren had a couple of beers waiting for the buffet dinner to start. The food wasnt the highlight, but was "free" so mustn't complain!
We had 2 nights in Kusadasi as well, planned to be our days of R&R at the end of our trip. So we slept in, spent the day by the pool, and worked on our tans.
At night we cabbed it back into the centre of town for some dinner and a few beverages, plus a spot of knock off t-shirt and handbag shopping.
Our final day on tour was far from the most exciting - we had an hour or so car ride back north to Izmir airport to drop off our hire car and catch a hour and half flight back to Istanbul. We'd given ourselves lots of time in case there were issues with the first internal flight, so had a pretty hefty wait in Istanbul before Nic flew back to London and us back to Dubai.
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