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we arrived in turkey a few days ago and the first thing we noticed was the INTENSE HEAT! we thought that greece had been hot, but boy oh boy were we wrong!yesterday, despite the forecasted 39 degrees celsius, we visited the ruins of the basilica of st. john, a mosque nearby, and the ruins of ephesus. we were dripping sweat the second we went out the door and it just got worse as the day progressed (i drank 1.5L of water over lunch!). the heat made it sometimes a bit difficult to appreciate the places we visited.
ephesus was an ancient greek (and later roman) city that at it's peak housed over 200, 000 people. there are extensive remains of the city - which were beautiful and overwhelming all at the same time...
Beautiful photos! You are so talented! And it must be so incredible to be near such ancient structures.
ReplyDeleteoh wow, i can't even imagine what it must feel like to take all that in (besides really, really hot)! hope the heat backs off!
ReplyDeletegorgeous. just gorgeous.
ReplyDeletethere aren't any real words for it.
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just incredible - however, i am not surprised!
ReplyDeleteAmazing ! My fiancé visited Ephesus by himself last year (I had to go back to Paris) and I was so jealous :(
ReplyDeleteabsolutely incredible!
ReplyDeletebeautiful beautiful photos. i'm glad you shared these photos with us. I'm supposed to be in Turkey right now but the plan fell through. :(
ReplyDeletehere in singapore, we did experienced 39 degrees celsius weather a few months back. it was hell. enjoy the rest of turkey. hope the weather don't dampen your touristy spirit in any way!
xx
i'm loving it all.
ReplyDeletebeing around this ancient stuff is so hectic for us canadians, hey? we're used to brand-spanking new everything....it's amazing to see things that came so much before our time.
keep enjoying it jan-ban! i'll keep living the turkey dream vicariously through you. ha.
when do you start at the summer camp??
xoxo.
Wow. Your photos are simply beautiful!! I am so happy to find your blog and look forward to following you on your trip!! I'm off to Europe in two weeks and you are getting me super excited!!
ReplyDeleteHappy travels!!
: ) Christine
Aaahh, these are jaw dropping beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh God, what an awesome trip! I'm loveing your blog, you are gorgeous :) Yay i support short hair girls! :P
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