After a quick tour of the museum, we headed to Izmir for the night. Don’t miss the chance for a great seafood dinner in Izmir!We had a full day on Saturday. We started out at one of the carpet centers where the government is helping to keep alive the After a quick tour of the museum, we headed to Izmir for the night. Don’t miss the chance for a great seafood dinner in Izmir!
We had a full day on Saturday. We started out at one of the carpet centers where the government is helping to keep alive the art of Turkish carpets and saw all the steps in creating a carpet – from the dying of the wool or silk through the tying of the knots. (Yes, we did get a carpet.) We drove on to the ancient sites of Priene where Alexander the Great once stayed,