Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Greetings form the southern coast. We had a great day today, just relaxing before starting the hectic final leg of our trip.
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We spent the day in Antalia, having arrived overnight to our hotel. We started the morning with a trip to see an ancient Roman road near the city. The road was in various stages of disrepair, so we got to appreciate the different levels of preparation that went into it -- starting with a sandy base, moving up to gravel, and larger rocks, and then broad pavers. The area also had an interesting bathtub, where Liz stopped to pose. We later learned that this was actually an ancient burial sarcophagus.
After our trek, we wandered around the town of Antalia. The weather was fantastic; very much like San Diego. We strolled along the harbor and shops, took the rail car back to the beachfront where we sat and enjoyed the sunset over Turkish tea before returning to our hotel.
For dinner, we've been sampling some of the local wine, which is actually quite good! This is the view of sunrise from our hotel room, looking eastward along the train line that leads to the harbor and downtown. This city is very, very nice. We wish we would have made more time here and would definitely return here for another visit.
Published by Jace Mouse
on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 at 11:00 PM.
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We spent the day in Antalia, having arrived overnight to our hotel. We started the morning with a trip to see an ancient Roman road near the city. The road was in various stages of disrepair, so we got to appreciate the different levels of preparation that went into it -- starting with a sandy base, moving up to gravel, and larger rocks, and then broad pavers. The area also had an interesting bathtub, where Liz stopped to pose. We later learned that this was actually an ancient burial sarcophagus.
After our trek, we wandered around the town of Antalia. The weather was fantastic; very much like San Diego. We strolled along the harbor and shops, took the rail car back to the beachfront where we sat and enjoyed the sunset over Turkish tea before returning to our hotel.
For dinner, we've been sampling some of the local wine, which is actually quite good! This is the view of sunrise from our hotel room, looking eastward along the train line that leads to the harbor and downtown. This city is very, very nice. We wish we would have made more time here and would definitely return here for another visit.
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How GORGEOUS! Would love to see all the pictures you took of your trip sometime...