Not sure I can use the word epic again - when is too much?!
Ephesus earns the epitaph I think! There was certainly an excess of archeological stuff to look at - the site really gives the feel of being in an ancient city - Tiva was splurging out and explaining it all to us!
However the most exciting part of the day was not the slushies or the slope houses but the transport - tractor trailer through the lanes ducking under branches and avoiding the mud splats....
Think the locals were a bit bemused!
Anyway back to the archeology....
The library - was the third largest in the Roman empire at one stage.
Many triumphant arches - in fact lots of ways to honour the different or visiting emperors - e.g Hadrian got a lot of arches on his tour of Turkey!! And also a way to dodge tax - if you dedicated the arch/gate to the right person you could get special status for the city
The goddess Nike - can you see the swoosh?!
The roadway in the posh area
Inside the slope houses excavation - they have found lots of well preserved 'high class' houses and some have beautiful mosaics and murals - lots of restoration work done really well also - worth the extra cost.
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