http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Middle East , Turkey , Aegean , Izmir en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:28:07 +0000 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:28:07 +0000 Wszystko sie zmienilo swiat chwilowo wywrocil sie do gory nogamiGdy w srode pisalam o stanie zdrowia Arka byl to pierwszy dzienkiedy wreszcie opad322y emocje wreszcie mog322am zostawi263 go na chwile samego. Wreszcie wyszlam ze szpitala. Przechadzalam si281 ulicami Izmiru cieszac sie ze nie bedzie operowany a jednoczesnie czujac ogrony smutek ze w poniedzielek wroci do Polski http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-461229.html Hej wszyscy mi bliscy i znajomiPorcja kolejnych wiesci ode mnie. Pierwszy raz od 5ciu lat moich wojazy zlych tymrazemOd 4 dni jestem w szpitalu w Izmirze. Arek jeden z moich wspanialych towarzyszy podrozy dostal w sobote bezurazowego wylewu do mozgu.Poniewaz wymiotowal rano myslelismy ze to zatrucie pokarmowe a on niestety nie powiedzial nam ze boli go nie zoladek a glowa. Podjechalismy http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-461178.html CADDE 75 OTELA very special hotel located in one of the most beautiful villages of the Aegean Alacati.The hotel is in a short distance to the dynamism of the Alacati offering you a very silent and restful garden and a charming swimming pool.Cadde 75 Hotel consists of 14 spacious and private rooms each of them different from one another and a suite.White rooms giving the warm and simple feel http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-415569.html Pamuk cottonkale castle http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-397998.html My Aiesec traineeship terminates in a few weeks and before my big departure Waldo Fatma Umut and I have decided to go on a holiday together. Umut's got some friends living in Izmir so we've decided that it's the perfect holiday destination to wrap up a great year . And indeed Izmir is unbelievable I love it to bits We had a great time together strolling along the beach going swimming http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-375948.html Coming to Izmir formerly Smyrna is special for me because it is the birthplace of Br William Borrell of our Melbourne Province who died last year. Bill went to the international Juniorate and Novitiate and then following his initial Marist training volunteered to go to China to teach some of the many children of French immigrants during the early and middle parts of the 20th Century. In the la http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-343893.html H305 everyone304t 305s 4.30pm a disent hour to be do305ng th305s. Th305s morn305ng we when and v305s305ted the castle of Alexandra the Great. I walked on the top of the wall of the castle to the each lookout tower. Th305s castle 305s on top of the mounta305n look305ng down over Izm305r so 305 was on top of the world. We than went to 2 museum Achaeolo http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-330397.html continued funnily enough from 15aWe don't just assume that the Greeks thought along lines similar to the modern mind we assume even more implicitly that they expressed themselves in similar terms. Indeed the limpid clarity of classical writing has been a model not just for our prose writers but for our poets. I myself have peddled the direct simplicity of Greek diction unmistakable not only http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-329427.html After breakfast we made ur way slowly by foot and public transport to the airport for a very hassle free flight to Izmir. Drama ensued as the hire car firm told us that the agent had cancelled our booking due to a problem with our payment for which I have a receipt but we could have a car if we paid the directly. I phoned the agent and within ten minutes the misunderstanding between the agent http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-326043.html Another lazey day today with an outing into Izmir to look at some shops and check out the new Marks and Spensers that has just opened here. Had another nice lunch at a cafe and a walk along the sea front. We managed to make some Skpye calls home which was just lovely as the web cams were all working. We spent the rest of the day veging out and we will not be too late to bed tonight as we have a http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-323958.html We headed out to Sardis today to see some Roman ruins. It was a nice drive out there as the Turks are no where near as crazy as the Egyptians on the road. We stopped first to see the temple of Artemis which was huge and after a picnic lunch supplied by Mummy we then headed over the road to the main complex which was really impressive. The ruins were quite different to the Egyptian monuments tha http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-323957.html We went out to Foa today which is a lovely village that sits right on the Aegean. We had a great lunch in a little restaurant on the harbour and then walked through the town. We then headed off to try and find a place for a swim. We did not realise that here in Izmir beaches are owned and you have to pay to use them. After driving up the coast a bit we did find a nice little spot that we cou http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-323954.html Today was a bit of a rest day with our only adventure trying to find a replacement 16GB SD card for our little computer as Graham has managed to fry the one that is in there ltsighgt. We went out to dinner tonight right on the cordon which is the sea front here at Izmir and watched to sun set as we ate. http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-323949.html Well not such an auspicious day for travel today however we made it here safely. After surviving our last drive throught Cairo with the same maniac driver that took us to Dahab and back we were greeted at the airport with perhaps the biggest shambles that we have seen yet. Cairo airport is definitely something that has to be experienced.If you are ever travelling out of Cairo then we suggest tha http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-323947.html Despite having to force ourselves out of bed due to the lack of any light to wake us naturally we managed to get up pack and check out fairly early. We had to rush to the station otherwise the next bus would have been an hour later. We grabbed a typical Turkish snack of pretzels to eat on the way.We arrived at Troy and to our surprise it was 10ytl for adults but completely free for students of an http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-217688.html TurkiyeTurkey is a backpacker's dream. East meets west in a land where mosques and doner kebabs coexist with internet cafes and night clubs. Barber shops line the streets with the frequency of Starbucks and everywhere you look old men sit idly by playing backgammon and drinking Turkish tea. Turkey's geographical history matches up with any as numerous huge civilizations have laid claim to th http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-191606.html The ship docked in Izmir Turkey aka Smyrnia and we walked off the gangway and into Asia. We boarded a bus for a tour to ancient Ephesus about an hour away. It was surreal to be walking where Paul walked and to be experiencing the city that has been the setting of so many sermons over the years. My Mom and I had both made a point of reading the book of Ephesians before going. It was strange http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-184691.html Too much to tell here http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-175211.html Von Istanbul nach Izm305rJoschka Bischoff Nach dem hekt305schen Tre305ben von gestern 305st das heute e305n enstpannter Tag gewesen. Wenn man vom Aufstehen um 5.20 mal abs305eht Gegen 6 fuhr 305ch m305t e305nem Vorortzug zum Hafen 305n Yen305kapi. Dort g305ong um 7 me305n Schnellboot ber das MarmaraMeer nach Bad305rne. Von dort hatte man dann Anschl http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-167756.html Thursday 17th MayItrsquos one of those beautiful evenings before a blow and Irsquom sitting in my cabin aboard Ronin. Tonight the sky has the first clouds that I have seen since being here and the wind is warm and southerly. This is opposite of the prevailing wind direction but there is rarely no wind and the wind is always warm. If this were England Irsquod say a storm was coming but I don http://www.travelblog.org/Middle-East/Turkey/Aegean/Izmir/blog-160137.html