Sunday, June 22, 2008

Turkey Travelogue: İzmir & the Aegean

So, the whole time we were out exploring all the ruins, we were staying in İzmir. After a day out in in the countryside, we'd spend the evening in the city. As soon as we got cleaned up at the hotel, we'd head out again, walking over to the harbor to find some dinner. Our hotel was not far from Pasaport Quay (Pier), which has a lot of restaurants and cafès, so we ended up down there every night. The pier is lined with tables, and filled up with people as the evening set in -- hanging out, smoking hookahs, and enjoying the wonderful view. Enterprising people mixed with the crowd, selling oysters, tobacco, or (I'm not kidding) fortunes told by live rabbits. The food was awesome (don't worry, I'll post some food porn at some point) and it was wonderful to be on the water -- after the hot, dry days, it was cool and peaceful, even in the midst of the chaos at the center of a big city.





On our last day, as we worked our way back to İzmir from Didyma, we stopped by the seaside for a little while and dipped our toes in the Aegean Sea.


1 comment:

June said...

More good shots. I especially admire the low light ones.