Ancient Romans and modern Greece

From Istanbul we took the bus down the west coast of Turkey to the Roman city of Ephesus, which was stunning, but completely overrun by coach loads of cruise ship passengers. I quite like the idea of a cruise (getting to see lots of places without having to deal with buses, a backpack and packing up every couple of days) but you don't seem to be allowed on if you're under 70.

(All photos in Ephesus)

Then another bus took us to Marmaris. Described in the guidebook as a shrine to British package tours ("The only place in Turkey where standing in the middle of the main street in a bikini drinking a can of lager at midday won't raise eyebrows") we were obviously disappointed not to witness any such shenanigans.

After a very pleasant, if disappointingly sedate, lunch we took the high speed hydrofoil to Rhodes. Although this is our third entry into Europe in geographical terms, this time we won't be leaving again until the trip is done. Our arrival coincided with the departure of the easycruise boat from the harbour, so I guess there'll be limited Brits abroad antics here as well.

(Rhodes town)

After 24h in Greece, the most dramatic change is in our diet - whilst kebab is still most definitely on the menus, they have been usurped in our affections by grilled fish and calamaris. This is making me very happy.

Gems.


PS - we're not actually going to Ukraine. We were just wondering!

PPS - Trev says there aren't enough jokes in my blog posts. So here is one:

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who swims across the English channel?

A clever dick!