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Recommended by a German friend I decided to see Ephesus. The city near by is Selçuk. I only slept a night there and could notice that they are prepared to tourism. Every time I asked for information they answered with kindness. Many of them spoke English, a sign that they are used to foreign tourists.
I woke up early to visit the ruins. The day was cloudy, ugly… It would be a difficult day, how could I photograph rocks without shadow and volume? Gray days always make me sad.
I walk around the ruins without a guide. Once in a while I would stop and hear a guide from a tour group. Sometime I would have the explanations in Englih, then in French or Spanish, even a Portuguese group I met. Brazilians unfortunately not. Germans, there were many, since I don’t understand the language I would wait for the next group. For me this is the perfect way to visit the ruins, I can go by myself at my own pace. When I wanted some explanation, it was only wait 5 minutes and a guided group would show up.
Ephesus is not very interesting and beautiful place, but I loved to have gone there. What impressed me it is the idea of being in a place that was part of history. It is where there was a civilization more than 2000 year ago. Imagining I am on the spot that took place many of the historic events I studied in school and which were too far away from me. A little of history to someone who comes from a relatively young country and with not much concern in preservation it is always good.
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