Day 14: Mykonos to Ephesus to Patmos

We left Mykonos at about 11:45 pm last night at arrived at Kusadasi, Turkey, at 7 am today. That was VERY early for us to start a tour, but it was well worth it. Just a few miles from Kusadasi is Ephesus -- where the apostle Paul preached from 54-57 A.D. Ephesus flourished from the 11th century B.C. to the 7th century A.D., but most of the buildings we saw were built in the 2nd century B.C. In the afternoon, we went to Patmos -- where the apostle John wrote Revelations. The history written by his scribe follows church doctrine precisely. It says he lived to be 100 (and wrote Revelations when he was 95), and that when he "died," they went to his tomb and he wasn't there. I couldn't find an internet cafe in Patmos and we had to get back to the ship, so I couldn't update the blog. Picture 1: Our cruise ship on the left, Alice in the middle, and "Little Venice" on the right in Mykonos; Picture 2: Windmills in Mykonos; Picture 3: The 2nd century B.C. amphitheater in Ephesus which holds 24,000 people -- this is probably the last place Paul taught before being driven out; Picture 4: Turkish rugs in Kusadasi.