Cooper's Perspective
I have three favourite places in Turkey. My third favourite place is actually the most famous place in Turkey, Ephesus. My second favourite place is the caves in which the Turks would hide in case of attack. My most favourite place in Turkey was a complete suprise to us, Pamukkale (pronounced pu mah KAH lay).
Library of Celsus
Ephesus used to be the biggest most important city in Turkey, but an earthquake filled in the harbour causing the city to be abandoned. The Library of Celsus is also one of the most important things in Ephesus, being the third lagest library at its time. About 9km from the library, there is a famous house where many believe Mary spent the last 18 years of her life. There is a wall by her house that is covered in people's prayers. It was amazing to see, with probably over 5000 prayers on it. There was a prayer on almost everything you could write on: napkins, leaves, Kleenex, and even toilet paper.
This is the entrance to Mary's house.
Kaymakli is a giant sysytem of caves, built by early Christians, meant for refuge incase of an attack by Romans. Some tunnles were so small even I could barely fit. The tour guide said it slowed down the Romans because they had big shields and armour and swords. There were giant holes in the floor used as boobie traps, so if a Roman was running down a tunnel, the next thing he knew he was in a two meter deep hole. There was stables and vineyards and kitchens in these caves, along with a well that was also under ground so the attackers couldn't poison their water.
Pamukkale was my favourite place in Turkey. We forgot our bathing suits at home so we had to buy some there. Mom and Katie were forced to wear bikinis and I had to wear super baggy trunks that always came up on me. There was a big mountain of Calcium that we had to climb, with a lot of water flowing over it, getting hotter and hotter the higher we went. Eventually, the water turned into a creek and there were natural pools that people were actually swimming in. We went swimming on the top of the mountain in a pool made by ancient Romans. At the bottom of the pool there were giant chunks of ancient pillars that you could sit on. In my opinion the pool was the coolest part of Pamukkale.
Three months ago I didn't know anything about Turkey except that "Taken 2" was filmed there. Now, one of my favourite places is in Turkey and I have tons of wonderful memories, including my first hot air balloon ride.
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