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Istanbul Turkey is larger than New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, all rolled into one. More that 17 million people in a walled city that is many centuries old. It really gives one an appreciation of history... going back more than 2000 years. For example, in the Sophia Temple, there are 2-3 inch deep indentations on each side of the entry doors where guards literally compressed the marble floor with hundreds of years of standing guard.
From Istanbul, we sailed to Kusadasi, the site of the famous ruins of Ephesus. Kusadasi is also the center of weaving for fine Turkish carpets and we saw the whole process, starting with the laborious extraction of silk thread from silkworm cocoons. It turns out the silk is such a hard texture that a weaver can only weave for 15 minutes at a time... with a 45-minute break. Weaving a silk carpet takes a LONG time.
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| ISTANBUL TURKEY | |||
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 Ceiling work... |
 Blue Mosque interior |
 Lots of Minarets |
 City streets are packed |
 They still have cell phones |
 The main bridge - traffic and fishing. |
 Entrance to the Grand Bazaar.. |
 To exotic lamps... |
 Chess... |
 Foods... |
 Musical instruments... |
 The Grand Bazaar covers miles |
 Temple Sofia |
 Palace park |
 Impressive scaffolding |
 Sofia was huge... |
 Interesting parks... |
 Mother love - it's universal |
 Our trusty ship - The Nautica |
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KUSADASI TURKEY |
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 Flying over Kusadasi |
 In the harbor |
 The Founder |
 Truth in Marketing |
 Entrance to Ephesus |
 Casual observer |
 Entrance to the city |
 The amphitheatre |
 Town map |
 Down the main street |
 The Library |
 Artifacts everywhere |
 Private home |
 Guess what.... |
 The Library |
 Another view |
 The big amphitheatre |
 Another view |
 From the front |
 Kusadasi Long View |
 Silk worm cocoons |
 Extracting silk from cocoons |
 Weaving a silk carpet - 15 minutes at a time |
 The result - more than a year to do |
 It pays to advertise! |
 Closing the sale |
 Ksadasi skyline |
 Leaving port |
