We took a long sightseeing walk off the ship in the morning and Eileen and I hit the bazaar in the afternoon. We shopped so long that we almost missed dinner. The guys were ready to kill us.
The evening was wonderful. We went to a classical music concert in Ephesus. We sat in a three thousand year old amphitheater and enjoyed the concert with wine in hand. Right in the middle of the performance a shepherd and his herd of goats and his sheep dogs wandered by as did a cat which is a direct descendant of the cats of Roman times. These cats are protected by the government. It was quite a show. The goats were wearing bells around their necks so they were literally part of the concert. The night was balmy and the site oozed history. You could just see those Romans going about their every day business and then coming to this very theater for some entertainment. Who knows who sat in my seat three thousand years ago. Did they enjoy the performance? Were they of the Roman upper class? Did they have dreams and wishes? It was a wonderful evening and we were all touched by the history of our surroundings. That shepherd and his flock would have walked that exact trail thousands of years ago. The only major difference was that this entire area was a port city which has since silted up but it is easy to imagine the Roman cargo ships at the docks on the other end of the site and the people bustling around and the ships being loaded and unloaded. The air was so thick with history you could cut it with a knife.
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