Ephesus

Our joys of no wakeup time were short-lived. We left for Ephesus just after 8 a.m. this morning. Our first stop was at the House of the Virgin Mary, which apparently is a pilgrimmage point for many Christians (I'm Catholic, so that was pretty cool). Next, we drove to the third city of Ephesus, which included many ruins from Greek and Roman times. It was really neat to see how their society functioned, and it was even cooler to see how they figured out all that they know today. After many group shots, we made a quick stop at the ruins of the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

After coming back to the hotel, we napped and then went out for dinner for the last time. It's definitely going to be weird not seeing all these people for a while - I'm going to miss this place. I'll write more on the plane.