Turkey – Izmir & Ephesus

The first thing we noticed when we arrived in Turkey was that there were no…

• Air traffic controller strikes that shut down air travel throughout the country (like in Spain)
• Student protests & riots (like in Italy)
• Labor protests & riots (like in Greece)

Obviously, we thought we were in the wrong country!

Seriously, the area of Turkey that is around Izmir is beautiful. Izmir is the 3^rd largest city in Turkey. We’d like to go back & spend more time there someday.

During our stay we visited the ruins of Ephesus, hit a carpet factory, saw much landscape (lots of oranges being grown) & did a bit of shopping.

Click on the picture below to view our album from Turkey:

Turkey 2010 Or click here to go directly to the album

Cats Like Turkey – We Have Proof!

Just outside of Izmir, Turkey are the ancient ruins of an Ionian Greek city called Ephesus. While many people visit this site on an annual basis, the real residents are cats…lots and lots of cats. Well fed cats who will pretty much eat anything food-related given to them except for apples (from what we saw others feeding them).