This weekend I went to Ephesus. For those of you who might be lacking knowledge of Ephesus, its an ancient city that was started about 8000 years ago, then repeatedly conquered by just about every civilization, including Greek and Roman civilizations. It's home to the Temple of Artimis, one of the seven wonders of the world. Interesting historical tidbit of turkey. 2 of the wonders of the world are located here and a third on a Greek island just a few miles away from the Turkish mainland. The Mausoleum of Mosolus (I think thats how you spell his name) is here in Bodrum, theres the Temple of Artimis, and The colossus is on the island. and speaking of Rhodes, the rotary club from there has invited the rotary club here in bodrum to visit them, and Vedat told me that I can join him. Afterwards, I get to go to Athens, Greece for another rotary event. We might do some driving around in Greece because Vedat, my host father is thinking of visiting the town where his ancestors lived, which is just north of Athens. Its going to be a fantastic trip.
But back to my exchange trip in Ephesus. I went up on Friday and spent the night wondering the streets of Izmir with my exchange friends up there. It was a lot of fun except we had to wake up early the next day. We took a bus (lots of fun) down to the town near Ephesus and just hung out for the rest of the day. Played a few games, walked along the beach and went to the roof for a little more fun. We stayed up way too late that night and the next day we had Ephesus. There is really no way to describe the vastness of that ancient place. It took us hours to get from one side to another. The pictures really describe it.
