Arrival in Izmir, Ephesus, Boarding the Sea Cloud

Friday and Saturday

Carla and I arrived into Izmir on Thursday so we had the day Friday to relax and get over our jetlag. 
Saturday was the official beginning of our trip, "traveling by luxury motorcoaches to the premier archaeological wonder of the ancient world, Ephesus" where we walked along streets where Paul walked in the first century. The other notable fact about Ephesus was that it was about 115 degrees that day--even though it was a "dry heat" at 115 degrees it is HOT!
After Ephesus we had lunch at the Kismet Hotel (Kismet means "will of God" in Turkish) followed by a swim in the Aegean for some and the lovely pool for others, before boarding the Sea Cloud, "the world's most beautiful sailing yacht."