We're staying at a different hotel than the other bus which is the worst. I miss them so much. Plus when we finally see them I immediately turn off whatever tour guide information I was receiving and just rejoice in being with the other class. It's a problem.
This morning we went to St. John's church, where they claim he is buried. This is also where he wrote the letters to the 7 churches in Revelations 1-3. I bet they loved those letters! It's just like us hearing from our church leaders at General Conference. We also saw the last standing pillar of the Temple of Artemis.
Ephesus was INCREDIBLE!!!! It is incredible because it is the most put together city with so much still standing. Wow!! It's awesome! We saw a cat with it's nose ripped off, which was sad and kinda gross. Then we saw the goddess Nike and the swoosh. The library was my absolute favorite though! It was HUGE and there was so
much there that it made it easy to go back in time and imagine it. I loved
Ephesus. It’s a must see. The theater there was incredible too.
We had a homemade lunch that warmed every fiber of my being.
It was so delicious! Then we drove to Miletus where Paul said goodbye to the other
disciples before going to Jerusalem. The theater there was also huge and beautiful.
There were cotton webs all over because there are cotton trees all around the
area. Me, Becca and James were walking together and singing about rocks when I suddenly said, "Do you guys hear that knocking noise?" We all looked around, expecting to see someone jump out with a drum or something crazy like that but it was even funnier than that! We saw too turtles getting ready to mate. What!! Brings a whole new meaning to the whole awkward turtle thing... It was hilarious thought and they got embarrassed as we got closer so they ran away from each other. We felt bad about ruining the mood so I sang a few special songs to recapture the moment but it was too far gone. It was pretty funny. We laughed about that for a while.
We got done fairly early in the evening today so we had enough time to go play at our hotel. We swam in the Aegean Sea and then in the hotel pool. I stayed in the steam room and sauna until I almost died and then went to dinner. Needless to say, this was a great day. On my way to dinner a 50 year old guy stopped to ask if I was American. He was Turkish and had been to the US before and done a bunch of pilot and airplane stuff there which was why he was in Ephesus now. I told him about nursing school. Then he started getting into the creepy realm and wanted to know where we were going and when and what was next and then popped the question to meet me in the lobby in 50 minutes. You can't be too safe here so I said I had class and ran off.
After dinner we went to the roof again and then we watched Skyfall outside on the patio by the pool...on the beach by the Aegean Sea...in bean bags...in Turkey. Life is good. The opening scene took place in Istanbul and it was fun to recognize the Grand Bazaar and Blue Mosque.
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