☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆Kusadasi,😎 Pamukkale,🥵 Izmir😮Chesme😝Chios😎☆*: .｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆Part 1

 

Hi everyone before I start my blog I am doing a countdown before I meet my grandparents. I only have 20 more days then it is bye bye Turkiye.

We went to Izmir in July and it was nice. We went to a museum called Bazilica. It had different stone rooms that I think were used by ancient people to either put others in jail or either to live in them. It was very interesting to see the rooms but, we went on to the river. It was a narrow (more like a drain) and in the middle of it was a bridge. My sister and I walked carefully to the bridge because we were scared that if we run we might fall into the river and wet our sneakers. After reaching the bridge we took pictures and went up some stairs.

When we went up, we saw some columns. My mother asked my dad to take a picture of my mother, my sister and I jumping in front of the columns. As usual someone will jump up and the other one will be landing down to the ground but when I slow down my mother will do it faster. You guys are probably asking what was Kanishka doing well she was showing some faces in some pictures and in the rest she was jumping too.

In the evening, we went to Pamukkale. It is a hot spring surrounded by travertine (a sedimentary rock deposited by mineral water from the hot springs. I copied this from google). We went and played in the water but, it wasn’t hot, it was just warm.

We went into the water, took some pictures then came out to walk in the ancient city of Hierapolis. The city had a big theatre where during ancient times people danced, sang and fought. The theatre had so many stone seatings. Some people went down to take pictures but we just took from up.

After the theatre, we saw a big thing.

At first my father thought it was a giant dumbbell but, once my mother read the sign board she told my father it is a grinding machine to make olive oil then we saw a dirty river and behind it was a door. My mother said that that during the ancient times they believed that the door leads you to heaven.  We saw a statue of a person but I forgot who his name. He had two snakes next to him and the sign board said that he was the guardian of heaven. After Pamukkale, we went to Kusadasi and reached Kusadasi at night.

In the morning, I was so excited because my mother planed for us to go and play in a water park. The water park was a pirate water park and boy, it was AMAZING! We had so much of fun in the water and on the rides.

First, when we reached the water park, we put on sun screen. After putting on sun cream, my sister and I played in the sprinklers.

After playing in the sprinklers for few minutes my sister, Amma, Appa, and I went to the pirate ship.

There were slides coming down from the front of the ship and at the back was the stairs. We played there for a while then my father and I left my mom and my sister to go on the rides.

 

We took a float on a slide that was dark. When we entered the slide my dad was screaming for fun to scare me! After we reached the botton, we quickly swam towards the stairs to get out of there. We left the float and went up to ride the single slides. One of the single slides was very fast and I liked it but one thing about all the single slides is, when you are about to reach down you better pinch your nose or else water will splash on your face and into your nose. We took a break and went for lunch. I ordered a burger but I didn’t eat it. Instead, I had French fries and nuggets which was Kanishka’s food. After lunch, we continued to play.

There were baby rides beside the big rides so when my dad and I played the big rides again, my sister played the baby rides. After some time, I joined my sister and we went down the slides together. After playing we started to go and change one by one. After my mother changed, my sister and I went to change to dry clothes.

After the water park, we took our car and went to a castle called Kusadasi Castle (the name is a bit obvious, right)?

The castle was surrounded by water and it wasn’t ordinary water - it was sea water. We saw ships at dock - some had people on them while others had containers.  We had to walk along a walkway before reaching the castle. The castle was surrounded by tall walls. We saw points where the soldiers would have stood and watched whether enemies are lurking nearby. The door to the building was locked so we couldn’t go in. 

That’s the end of my blog for today. I hope you enjoyed it. If you haven’t read my blog about organ donation, please do so.