Flamingoes fish shrimp...gondola ride to the top...Latin for parchment.

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An amazing gondola ride to Pergamum...similar to getting to the top of Aspen Mountain! It must have been a tortuous walk or cart ride. A bit of haze makes it impossible to see the Aegean but we know it's there. Asclepieum was serene and afforded a lovely view of the acropolis. Izmir seems huge and the hotel, very hi-tech. And...in modern Turkey, Pergamum is now Bergama so I've included a photo of rugs from that region, the home of Galen!

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