After Iznik we took another bus to Selçuk. Here amongst other things, we would visit the ancient town of Ephesus. The ruins of Artemis temple were also nearby. It was once one of the seven wonders of the world but since there is now only one pillar left, it has become little more than a very tall home for a family of storks.
When we arrived in Selçuk we were immediately (at 9pm) approached by a man offering us a double room for 50 Turkish Lira (25 Euros). For 5 minutes I was adamant that we could get a place for 18 Turkish Lira (9 Euros), and told him so, until Maritza pointed out that I had mistaken the Turkish price for Euros. Even so, in response to my fierce disapproval of his offer, he had lowered the price to 30 Lira (15 Euros) for a double room just 80 metres from the bus station. We took it.
We stayed 3 nights at the Dreams Pension. We spent most of the time visiting Ephesus and Artemis, and taking walks about the town centre. The two historical sites were full of bus-loads of fat I'm-too-tired-to-walk-about-in-this-heat-can-we-get-back-on-the-bus? tourists. Along with them, the locals trying to sell shit and fake souvenirs.
One thing we were soon to find all over Turkey; there is not a lot of places to buy vegetarian food. We went to one or two 'vegetarian restaurants', where all they had on offer for cabbage crunchers was vegetarian Turkish pizza. Maritza managed to find a fish-bone in hers.
