We were quite sad to leave the tranquil island of Patmos behind as our ferry sailed towards Samos. Samos is a big Greek island seprated by only 3km of sparkling blue water from Turkey. Despite it being a Sunday we managed to make the connections between all the ferries and busses and just after 17.00 our next ferry sailed from Samos to Turkey. (Up to now we've been aboard 18 ferries...). As a last little present form the Greeks we had to pay more for our ticket from Greece to Turkey than Turkey to Greece plus an extra 20 euros harbour tax... We arrived in the bustling harbour town of Kusadasi, eager to meet the driver from our pension in Selcuk who promised to come pick us up. We went to the pick-up point but no driver... After a phone call, it became clear that some time in the last 24hrs they'd sent me an e-mail and changed the venue!! Oh, well - in the end we met up with the guy and we were in Selcuk in 25min. Every plane, every bus and every ferry we've taken seem to take us further and further away into worlds unknown to us - Selcuk is beautiful - Roman ruins, early Christian churches, Ottoman mosques, but also so different - really a foreighn country with people who think differently. Today we briefly visited the Basilica of St. John and also the Effese museum - beautiful places - see pics. On our way back - tired, hot, hungry and thirsty we sat down in the shade of the old aquaduct for a break when 2 young girls ran up to us smiling - unable to communicate much we smiled back, waved a bit but did not think much of it. A few minutes later they came running down the street following us - very shyly both of them presented us with a little bottle of cooldrink - and unlike what we were expecting - they did not want anything in return. This afternoon, as it gets cooler we'll go and explore the ruins of old Efese.
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