First day in Antakya

Today we started with the mosaic museum which was really nice! The top 3 favorites were the statue of Suppiluliuma, the Antakya sarcophagus, and the skeleton mosaic who says "cheer up, enjoy your life." It was really cool seeing ancient preserved mosaics. After that, we visited the first cave church founded by St Peter called St Peter's Church. Interesting to be at the site of ancient history. Afterwards, we went into town to eat at a nice restaurant for lunch. It was so cheap, a plate of pasta, a mojito, and ice cream for $6 🤯 then we walked through old town which was really nice, I pet some dogs, and we stopped by at a retro pub. We also saw the spot where there is a church, a mosque, and a synagogue in the same area which was really cool to see. Afterwards, I went over to Can's place to drink tea and eat desserts with his mom and sister which was very nice 😊 I can't believe how much we did today! After that, we went to Hatay Expo...which was nothing like Dubai Expo 😅 it was...lacking haha, to say the least. Then we got dinner at another mosaic museum restaurant in which Can so kindly let me steal his beef rice dish because it looked better than mine 😂 much appreciated 🙏 an eventful first day, but I'm really liking Antakya so far!Read more