Patty was our first guest in Turkey and she stayed 10 fun filled days. It was wonderful to see a familiar face, converse in English and show her around our town.
Rena was working during the days so she couldn't join the Cuz'n tour but each night we came to shared our adventures with an evening slide shows presentation. We were all a bit sad Rena couldn't join in on the daily adventures.
Patty and I hit the town running. Walking the streets and back allies and always finding lots of cats to photo. Everyday was packed with adventure. We went all around Izmir, caught a bus to old Foca for the best calamari in Turkey and went to the ancient sites of Ephesus.
Our Ephesus adventure took seven small buses (5 dolmus, numerous towns, 2 taxis and one "greyhounde-esque" bus! What a great day seeing the back roads of Turkey and arriving in Ephesus just before sunset. Most of the tour groups had already left so we had Ephesus practically to ourselves, very rare opportunity at such a popular site!
Over the weekend we took an overnight trip to Selcuk and Sirince and we were very excited to show Patty some off our favorite places. In Selcuk we visited the Basilica of St. John, the Isa Mosque, and had lunch at this great lokanta. Patty purchased a most amazing old quilt in a carpet shop and 
Unfortunately, the candle burned too hard on both ends for me and, the last few days of Patty's visit I was with Phenomena. So with Rena at work and me in bed Patty headed back to the crazy bazaar in Izmir and enjoyed some solo shopping. The shopping here is fantastic and she filled her bags with goodies for home, so much so we gave her an extra bag for her flight home! She had a blast, lots of stories and some great shopping tips to share.
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