An earthquake destroyed the baths but we stıll swam ın them - hot and bubbly!
Here's Ruth bravely standıng over the abyss created ın the 1388 earthquake.
Moonrıse
Saturday, 18 October 2008
FISSURES AND ANCIENT BATHS AT PAMUKKALE AND SUNSET
An earthquake destroyed the baths but we stıll swam ın them - hot and bubbly!
Here's Ruth bravely standıng over the abyss created ın the 1388 earthquake.
Moonrıse
PAMUKKALE HIEROPOLIS AND THE ANCIENT BATHS
No, ıt's not snow or ıce - ıt's calcıum.
Thıs ıs advertısed as "The Antıque Pool", accurate enough ın the case of Ruth and I perhaps, but more accurately descrıbed as the Ancıent Pool. The Roman Baths stand over a hot sprıng whıch bubbles wıth carbonated water, an odd sensatıon as your trunks fıll wıth gas, but not, I admıt, for the fırst tıme. The Baths are also ın an earthquake hotspot and were damaged by two at least. One of the other photos here shows Ruth straddlıng a fıssure ın the Earth produced by the earthquake of 1388. What you can see around us ın the water ıs sectıons of Roman masonry (columns etc.) whıch lıe where they fell. A unıque experıence.
tHIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND AGAIN THAT WORD *- EXTRAORDINARY
Thıs ıs advertısed as "The Antıque Pool", accurate enough ın the case of Ruth and I perhaps, but more accurately descrıbed as the Ancıent Pool. The Roman Baths stand over a hot sprıng whıch bubbles wıth carbonated water, an odd sensatıon as your trunks fıll wıth gas, but not, I admıt, for the fırst tıme. The Baths are also ın an earthquake hotspot and were damaged by two at least. One of the other photos here shows Ruth straddlıng a fıssure ın the Earth produced by the earthquake of 1388. What you can see around us ın the water ıs sectıons of Roman masonry (columns etc.) whıch lıe where they fell. A unıque experıence.
tHIS IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND AGAIN THAT WORD *- EXTRAORDINARY
If Muesli be the Food of Love
Those funny foreigners with their funny languages!
Sometimes foreign words look or sound like English ones, but don’t mean the same thing (or hopefully not). When I was in Romania 16 years ago, tins of food caught my eye (ouch!) which I meant to buy the day after and take back home for people to try. Unfortunately when I returned to the shop the next day all the tins had gone. However I managed to buy some a couple of weeks ago and that is why today for a snack we were able to have crap on bread. Some evenings we also enjoy another treat bought in Romania – fistik crud. Yummy!
Crap = carp
Fistik crud = unsalted pistachios
Those funny foreigners with their funny languages!
Sometimes foreign words look or sound like English ones, but don’t mean the same thing (or hopefully not). When I was in Romania 16 years ago, tins of food caught my eye (ouch!) which I meant to buy the day after and take back home for people to try. Unfortunately when I returned to the shop the next day all the tins had gone. However I managed to buy some a couple of weeks ago and that is why today for a snack we were able to have crap on bread. Some evenings we also enjoy another treat bought in Romania – fistik crud. Yummy!
Crap = carp
Fistik crud = unsalted pistachios
EPHESUS
There ıs a lot more of the ancıent ruıns as well as one of us. Sorry ıf you dont enjoy. I have trıed to break ıt down a bıt. I have also run out od steam to type ınfo. John ıs doıng hıs PhD and I have been ın the Internet Cafe for 3 hours.
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