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The wonder of Ephesus

Another highlight of my tour of Turkey was visiting the ancient ruins of Ephesus.  These famous ruins date from the 10 BC and comprise the most complete classical metropolis in Europe - and that's with 82% of the city still to be unearthed.  It is truly spectacular.  I'm not even going to go into its long drawn out history - totally amazing.   It was one of those "at least its not raining days" but I think it beats the heat in the middle of summer...also while I was overwhelmed by the ruins I must admit I did not really know the names...it all blurred together.  I will only comment on the ones I know for sure...done by checking google of course...where would we be without Google.  So here we go... Token dog picture with Bath of Varius in the background Bath of Varius Pillar guarded by a cat... The Odeon I believe this is the temple of Isis.  Celsus library - magnificant!   Holes in the road so surface water could flow

Thirty five beds in six months

I finally counted up all the different beds I slept in during my six months of adventure earlier this year.  Thirty five different beds.... So here are some of them in no particular order....and no I did not take pictures of all my rooms or beds!!  This was at the Turim Suiso Atlantico hotel  in Lisbon.  My friend Pat recommended this hotel to me and I am so grateful.  Not only was it central but it provided a soft place to land for me after a very traumatic entry to Lisbon .  I loved the exterior of this hotel! The other place I stayed in Portugal was at an airbnb just outside of Funchal, the main tourist centre on the island.  It turned out to be a great place to stay with a killer view and a wonderful host, Jorge and his family.  It was a short walk to the charming fishing village of Camara de Lobos and a short bus ride from Funchal.  I would definitely stay here again - I could have sat on that balcony looking at that view forever! Our balcony was the second one

Food Glorious Food! - part 1

It's no secret that I love my food...and it shows!   I had some great meals on this last epic adventure of mine...I know this will be a two parter...or even a three parter....if you don't like food (you freak, you!) or you're an easily offended vegetarian then stop reading now but if you like food pictures keep scrolling as I think you will enjoy this!! To me one of the great pleasures of travel is trying meals you may not have at home.... So here we go....I am just going to pull these off at random...enjoy!  (and try not to drool on your keyboard -  liquid isn't good for computers you know!  Portugese custard tarts (Pastel de Nata)  in Lisbon - I saw these babies everywhere and I had to have one every day.....oh my....talk about melt in your mouth. Beef, dumplings and gravy in Germany - delicious but getting vegetables with a restaurant meal is almost unheard of in my experience.  And I do love my veggies!  My favourite dish in Madeira - Espada (black