Day 7 – We feel dirty!!!!

(Anna) And why do we feel dirty you might ask? Well…Lindsey will delve further into that later.

But first on Ephesus. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t learn much about this ancient city in school. However, it was a very intelligent, strategically built city located in Turkey. Every building, sculpture, you name it had a purpose in where it was placed and how it was designed. For example, the theatre was built facing the port because the sea breeze would help with the acoustics as it passed inland. 

Overlook of the lower section of Ephesus

A fountain -- may be hard to see but in the center arch, do you see a round ball? Apparently, it represented the globe that Trajan (don't know who he is...) had his knee on top of. Even in AD 102-114, people knew the world was round! 

Library that the men would use while their wives went to the marketplace...just look at the place! Isn't it massive?!

Details underneath one of the library's ceilings

And you know those medicine and pharmacist symbols? Well…they were etched in a few of the columns here! Can you see the mortar and pestle? And the snake?

Pharmacy represent!

After we went to ancient Ephesus, the tour guide took us to a local Turkish rug store. The ornate rugs were all hand woven and just absolutely beautiful. The intricate details and designs were just amazing. But when we found out how much the price of these rugs were, we felt really depressed and broke =(

Trying apple tea at the rug place

Look at all those rugs! Our fingers were definitely blessed with those thousand euro masterpieces...

~sniff~ i just can't afford those double knotted silk on silk, silk on cotton, and whatever combination they have. And they knew it too! After the presentation, the store's representatives didn't even come talk to us! =*(

Turkish Bazaar

(Lindsey) We went to the bazaar after the morning tour and we had quite an experience. So we walked past a post card shop and this guy says to Anna “Chi-na, Chiiiiii-na, Chi-nnnna”. As if saying the word China in three different ways would make it any different!! So Anna walks away saying “Tur-key, Tuuuuur-key, Tur-keeeeey”. Check out our video when we get back to the states. =) Next, we passed by a local pharmacy. Get this…they sell Viagra, Cialis, Levitra, Lipitor, and Orlistat…with NO PRESCRIPTION NEEDED!!! What the heck?!? And they had huge boxes of Viagra that come in 100 mg tablets!!! Geez…

Now this is the part where we felt really dirty (figuratively). As we were heading back down the streets to the harbor, we got hit on by several gross Turkish men. Anna was the first victim…a random guy said to her as we passed by “I am single”. So??? Who cares?? What the heck is wrong with these Turkish men?!? It gets worse from there. A minute or so later, as we continued walking down the street, another guy says to me “I like your body”. WTF!!! Gross!!! Needless to say we both felt really dirty and violated. =(