Sardis Trip

Michelle and I went on the Sardis Trip. Funny story because we always thought that the seven churches of Revelations were actual churches. Wrong. They were actually just congregations that met at the houses of one of the wealthy members. Anyway, Sardis was the sight of one of the churches mentioned in Revelations chapter 3. After the temple of Artemis, we did an hour hike up the side of the hill to see Acropolis. Michelle hurt her ankle about 3/4 of the way up and had to go back down. There's wasn't too much to see except a few remaining walls and a nice view. After Acropolis we went to lunch at a Turkish restaurant famous for it's köfte, or meatballs. Then we went to the Roman baths and gymnasium. You can see remains of the old roman shops and the jewish synagogue located at the same site. We were a little disappointed to find that some of the structures had been rebuilt in the 70s. They took some of the original materials and reconstructed the sight to give you an idea of what it would have looked like. The gymnasium is actually a large empty field where the guys would workout in the nude. I spared you the visual in the picture though. Michelle thought the sign for the toilets at the restaurant was pretty funny and I have to admit that I laughed too. The trip was great but we were exhausted by the time we got back to Izmir.