No WiFi tonight- so I'm writing this post ahead of time :) Today we saw our first ruins- and alot of them- we started with an athletic stadium in Perge, which was incredible. But, it kept getting better as the day went on- we walked through a boring little security check and suddenly we were standing in the middle if this full-on 3rd century city. It was absolutely amazing! We spent about three hrs there just walking around and hearing what every area is used for. Then, we hopped on our bus and drove through the mtns to a huge aqueduct that is almost completely in tact.
Grandpa and I found some gorgeous scarves in a little shop right underneath one of the arches- and u got a free blown glass magnet! We ate lunch in a local restaurant right on a river, and they served us grilled chicken kebabs with some puff pastry roll-up. After lunch we spent some time at an ancient theater- the acoustics were incredible- grandpa talked to me in a normal voice when i was standing way at the top and could hear him like we were standing side by side:) we quickly booked it through a little museum later on in the day- it was filled with ancient statues and other artifacts.
Crazy to think that back home if we have even one ancient statue in a museum it's a big deal- but here they didn't even seem to notice! After a four-hour bus ride, we finally made it to our hotel for the night- a fancy spa resort :) we just came back from swimming in the thermal pools- which was the weirdest/coolest experience ever!
 |
| athletic stadium Perge |
 |
| weird eagle thing at rest stop |
 |
| Roman aquaduct |
 |
| theater in Aspendos |
 |
| part of aquaduct in Aspendos |
No comments:
Post a Comment