Kusadasi, Turkey

Friday, November 1st, 2013

On our second visit to Kusadasi today, we took a local cab ride out to Meryemana, the reputed house that Mary spent her last 11 years on earth living in.  Lots of views, disputes, about the facts, but three Popes have visited it.  The crowds were much larger than we remember from our prior visit. 

We went into the bazaar for a short visit to find a scarf.  There is a young woman, Bojana, from Serbia that had her 24th birthday on the ship, her first away from home.  This is her first contract, her first cruise, and she started in Barcelona with us.  We gave her a card and the scarf so that she would not feel alone on her day. 

Colleen and John