I had secretly hoped after seeing Izmir as a port of call on our 2007 Mediterranean Cruise that I’d be able to show the family Ephesus, a place I’d stumbled upon when visiting Turkey “last century“. Hearing how Cleopatra and Mark Antony had once strolled these streets simply blew my mind!
Oddly though I was the only person interested in this shore-tour so instead we took a beautiful horse and carriage ride around the city that was a huge hit.
There are some lovely photos of the children in Izmir, one I particularly like is the two of them contemplating washing their feet in one of the numerous “feet fountains” we saw around the city. This one was situated directly behind where this photo below was taken. As soon as they’d had their snack and allowed me this happy snap, the two of the went of exploring!
Izmir, was a delight!
Coffee fuels my photography! 
We have relatives in İzmir, and spent Eid, a few days at the end of Ramazan, there last summer. You might enjoy reminiscing with some of the images 🙂
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Thank you, you obviously spent WAY longer there than we did – lucky you!
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Did you go to the tomb of Rumi?
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No, we did a horse and carriage ride around the city, bought some shirts and ties for the then Master Five, and watched as both children followed the tradition of washing their feet whenever the opportunity arose! 🙂
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That’s just as fun. The kids must have turned out really clean after all the fountains by the Mosques. 😛
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Oh they were squeaky clean – there were washing-fountains everywhere, children can always seek them out, lol!
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