I was super tired this morning, but we had a lot of driving to do. so the first thing that happened was i passed out in the back of the bus on the way to kusadasi.
we went to the city of aphrodisias, or aphrodite. we got off the bus and then hopped on a cart on the back of a tractor so we could be taken to the start of the city tour. it was not nearly as impressive as perge, and it was difficult to imagine it as an actual, functional city because everything was much more
dilapidated and there was a lot more rubble. but there were still a few impressive columns and gates. after seeing so much, i STILL can't get over the detail that these people carved into marble. oh and there were a lot of cats. again.
after lunch, which included a singing and guitar-playing old man with a dancing parrot that i got to hold, and some more bus riding, we arrived at a leather shop. we were served apple tea while models put on a fashion show for us. it was so cool, and a few people from the group were pulled up to model more leather jackets. after the show, they showed us around there shop and tried to get me to buy leather jackets. i met the designer for burberry's leather line and he tried to convince me to buy his jacket. i loved it, but it was still too much (even after his offer of 75% off!). he called me a spice girl and a charlie's angel and then i took a picture with him.
we arrived at our amazing hotel on the beach and immediately tried to go down to the pier that has hammocks and a diving board, but they were closing it up for the afternoon. so instead of swimming in the sea, a few of us lounged in the pool. after a yummy buffet dinner and ice cream bar, i worked on my speech for a few hours before going to bed. i could hear the waves crashing outside our balcony door as i fell asleep. :]
we went to the city of aphrodisias, or aphrodite. we got off the bus and then hopped on a cart on the back of a tractor so we could be taken to the start of the city tour. it was not nearly as impressive as perge, and it was difficult to imagine it as an actual, functional city because everything was much more 
dilapidated and there was a lot more rubble. but there were still a few impressive columns and gates. after seeing so much, i STILL can't get over the detail that these people carved into marble. oh and there were a lot of cats. again.
after lunch, which included a singing and guitar-playing old man with a dancing parrot that i got to hold, and some more bus riding, we arrived at a leather shop. we were served apple tea while models put on a fashion show for us. it was so cool, and a few people from the group were pulled up to model more leather jackets. after the show, they showed us around there shop and tried to get me to buy leather jackets. i met the designer for burberry's leather line and he tried to convince me to buy his jacket. i loved it, but it was still too much (even after his offer of 75% off!). he called me a spice girl and a charlie's angel and then i took a picture with him.
we arrived at our amazing hotel on the beach and immediately tried to go down to the pier that has hammocks and a diving board, but they were closing it up for the afternoon. so instead of swimming in the sea, a few of us lounged in the pool. after a yummy buffet dinner and ice cream bar, i worked on my speech for a few hours before going to bed. i could hear the waves crashing outside our balcony door as i fell asleep. :]
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