By zo3d on Skatehive
The Norwegian Getaway docked at 7am in Izmir, Turkey. This was the first of two Turkish stops on our Greek Isles cruise and then next would be 2 days in Istanbul. Our usual thrifty plans to catch the City Sightseeing buses were not possible in Izmir as there was no bus so we splurged and used some ship credit to do one of the ship excursions to the ancient ruins of Ephesus. I have always heard about Ephesus in the bible, so to get the opportunity to actually walk amongst the ruins could not be missed. We were up early, got our breakfast in the dining hall and then headed to the large bus that stood waiting for us. The benefit of doing a ship excursion is that the ship will never leave without you. But if you wander off on your own and don’t return by the 4pm curfew then there is a high chance you will be stranded in a port of a foreign country with no passport except for a ship card and you will have to make your way to the next port of call with the clothes on your back. This is not s