Today was another day of travel and sightseeing. We got up at 8 this morning and had breakfast. We traveled for a few hours and had lunch close to our sightseeing spot. The band was in for a treat lunch because one of the waiters was a professional singer, so he sang a few Turkish folk songs for us. They were beautiful. The site we saw today was the ancient city of Pergamum which used to be an ancient Greek city, but most of it was destroyed by an earthquake. The site was AMAZING! I could have spent hours just taking pictures and taking in the beautiful sites; I'm sure most of the band would agree with me in that we wished we stayed longer. Another fun thing about Pergamum was that we had to take a cable car up to the site. So much fun, but kind of scary. After Pergamum, we continued our journey to Izmir, the third largest country in Turkey, to our mostly seaside hotel. Tomorrow should be fun because we will be giving a concert to a 1st-12th grade school.
P.S. There's going to be many pictures ;)
Aegean Sea on the way to Pergamum
Some houses
Going on up in the cable car
Kyle B. living on the edge
Some of the ruins
More ruins
The group is listening to Ender
The view from the hillside. Gorgeous!
An old temple
A wall of an old building
Crazy kids hanging out on the ruins
Kelly, Lizz, Victoria, Dan, Kyle, & Kevin
Nakisha, Amber, Emma, and Michelle just chillin
A view of the Greek city from higher up
A hole in the wall
View of the modern city below
Sam, Michaela, Michelle, Emma, & Ryan
Look over there with Michelle & Emma
Amber found some pretty flowers
The city of Izmir!
View from standing near the water. No beach though
A living statue that is stationed out downtown
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