Turkiye: Day 4

KUSADASI
1. Woke up to an amazing view of the ocean
2. Stopped by Elegant-deri leatherhouse. They hosted a fashion show for us. Towards the end I got pulled backstage to 'model' a jacket... Well more like one of the model made me dance with him.
3. Visited Efes (Ephesus).
It was an ancient Greek city on the west coast of Anatolia, near present day Izmir (where Homer, and coincidentally our tour guide is from), Turkey. Efes was for many years the second largest city of the Roman empire, ranking behind Rome, the empire's capital. Efes had a population of > 250,000 in the 1st century BC, which also made it the second largest city in the world. Only an estimated 15% has been excavated and what we saw already gave an idea of how splendid civilisation was!

On the left and right were shopping lots. A whole stretch of shopping right till the library at the end!

Temple of Hadrian

Library of Celsus with the ladies of the family :)

up close...2 stories high! (felt like 5 stories)
*gasp* frkn hugeeeee LIBRARY!!!!!Amphiteatre...also where gladiators fought
Seated 24,000 + Stands 1,000What used to be a harbor before it was slowly silted up by the Cayster River. (Also a reason for it losing its commercial importance)

^8 Cee