Kusadasi,Turkey

Our one port to visit in Turkey and it has lots going for it- lots of restaurants, shopping and the Virgin Mary’s house( the mother of Jesus). Instead of taking a tour on a huge bus, we are branching off on our own. We got off leisurely after a nice breakfast and went to the port’s info desk. There we enquired as to the best way to see The Virgin Mary’s house. The guide advised us to walk around the corner from the port frenzy to get an official cab at much more reasonable prices. We did that and found another excellent cabbie. $60.0 Euros for round trip , pay upon return and he will wait for us at Mary’s shrine😀
The shrine was simple, but powerful ( no photos allowed) and we lit prayer candles and wrote wishes that we left tucked into the prayer wall.

Then we toured other parts of the island including Ephe’sus-3,000 thousand year old ruins dating back before the Romans, a castle at the top of the town and finished up in a seaside, open air, sidewalk cafe. Another great pizza down, and off to shop!Read more