#5 If a tourist visits Turkey and includes an archeological site it most likely will be Ephesus, the fabulous ruins of an incredibly wealthy and powerful city familiar to anyone with some biblical knowledge. Ephesus is so popular that there are actual foot-traffic jams on the main street during the summer. The ports of ancient …
#4 I promised to share why the section of coastline in the area I am in between Antalya to the northeast and Bodrum to the west, is famous. Besides being the most beautiful coastline of Turkey, there are two other reasons for its fame: shipwrecks and pirates. These represent two distinct hazards Paul faced when …
It is Sunday morning and the waterfront in Volos is very quiet. Saturday nights are noisy, with thousands of people walking the wharf, but mostly sitting along the waterfront in the cafés that are jammed with people eating, drinking and socializing. Last night, on one end of the wharf a live band played Greek music. …