Day 7 - Antalya to Perge

(Starbucks opened early for a few of us in Anatalya today, and I got a pretty cool mug.)

(One of the narrow streets from Antalya.)

(At the ancient port of Andrache, where Paul sailed out of on his trip to Rome, the ship that he sailed on from here was the one that was shipwrecked.)

Wow, it is amazing how much you can fit into one day. Our in our case, it's amazing how much you can fit into day after day after day. We have been driving about 250-350 miles a day, and we see three or four major sites each day with a few small things added in sometimes. We get up at 5:30am, leave at 7:00-7:30am and get to the new hotel about 7:00pm. If you're wondering if I've had a particularly busy day, one way to tell is if all the pictures are up top like today. (Another way to tell is if I had time to spellcheck.) My batteries ran out last night so here is what we did yesterday (most of it written last night.)

Today was another busy day with tons of really cool stuff. We saw a harbor that Paul sailed out of, and one he sailed into. We saw another great archeological site and we continued a string of really, really nice hotels. If anyone feels like vacationing in Turkey I have some fantastic recommendations.

Today I began to wonder if there is a limit to the number breathtaking views you can have in a day. Turkey is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and multiple times every day I am in awe at the scenery. We came down from the Taurus mountain range today to the coast and sea coast is as beautiful as the mountains.

Believe it or not I can't think of the names of all the sites we saw today, we saw the Perge, we saw Attalia (which I don't think is mentioned directly, but Paul must have sailed there to get to Perge) and we saw Andrache, which is the Port city of Myra which Paul sailed through on his way to Rome. And we saw Myra which was the city that Santa was from. I lost a race in the ancient staduim in Myra and a Russian tourist gave me a thumbs down. In Andrache I went down to splash my hand in the water a little bit, and after avioding one of my Korean big sisters attempts to push me in the water a wave came in and hit me about shin high.

Like always there are two many great and funny stories to tell so I'm just posting a few pictures and a few sentances. We're staying in Kalkan tonight, and the hotel here may be my favorite hotel I've ever been in. (Yes David, that includes that includes the Montreux Palace.) I don't remember everything we're doing tomorrow, but I know we're going to Colosae (and I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong,) and Laodicea.

As always thanks for reading. I'm not sure where I'll be posting from tonight, but I'm pretty sure it starts with a P. I know it's inland and I'm rooting for the somewhere in the Taurus mountains agian. Until tommorow (or in this case tonight)...