Turkey Day 10

Today was so cool. We visited the anciet city of Ephesus. They have only uncovered about 15% of the city and it is HUGE! We spenct about 2 hours there walking around and looking at the different sites located there. The Libreary of Celsus which I have seen on programs like National Geographic. I am glad that my knee is doing well because today could have been really bad, but it seems to be holding up as good as could be expected. We walked through the whole city coming at the end to the Ampitheather which could hold 25,000 people. It was huge. The sea use to come up to the city but due to earthquakes and silt depsoits it is now 4 miles from the sea. It is so amazing.

We also visited the House of the Virgin Mary and St John's Bascillcia. They were also really cool. We got to see one of the 7 ancient wonders we saw where the Temple of Artemis use to stand. There is just 1 pillar still standing and the foundation. It was so special.

Funny story from this morning, my mom and I were eating breakfast in the dining room and the boat made a very fast turn. If you can imagine an 111,000 ton ship making a fast turn, anyway everything on the table leaned with great strain and we heard dishes and such falling in the kitchen. It was quite amazing.

Well I have to be up early tomorrow so I will sign off. It is about 10:30 at night and we have to be off the ship at 9am.

Goodnight

Becky