#36 Catching up with you

Hi Everyone I'm still at that very nice hotel in Kusadasi and it's early morning, plenty of time before breakfast. I leave today going to Cappadocia which I believe is a "cave" hotel so I'm taking advantage of this internet. If what we are experiencing in our lives is a dream, I am sure getting a kick out of my imagination. Yesterday I went to Pamukkale and Hierapolis. Hierapolis was a ruin of a Roman town, a rather badly ruined town. I've seen much better before in Jordan and I think I knew more than our guide about Roman towns. But Pamukkale was the strangest place! Basically it has water with lots of minerals so people have come there for centuries to bath in the thermal pools for health reasons. You must take your shoes off to even walk out to the pools so there is a security man blowing his whistle constantly to get people to take their shoes off or stay in the designated areas. Then this is a Muslim country and you have the woman covered from head to toe mixing with Russians, French, Italians, etc. who are practically naked. I thought it was very bizarre. But it was a nice 3 hour drive out to the ruins on a day with beautiful weather, in a Mercedes bus with excellent air conditioning. I'll attach some photos. Notice how crowded it is and how they built this beautiful resort in it's shadow to take advantage of the water. I sat a little ways from the woman and her two children and just stuck my feet in the running water. I hadn't soaked my feet since the Camino and it felt good, plus later on the nail of my little toe, the one I had so much trouble with when I was walking, very simply fell off. No drama. It's already growing a new nail underneath, no worries.

This wonderful internet connection will not let me view my blog so I am not able to see what I did this morning. I hope it is ok and when I am able to check it, if I uploaded the wrong photos I will edit this posting. If you have any questions, please email me and ask. Have a great day. Love Marie