I just can’t get enough of ancient ruins. So it’s lucky that Turkey has so many of them.
The freezing, rainy conditions of the day before had been swept out to sea leaving a glorious sunny Sunday, and almost wishing I’d worn shorts for our trip to the ancient seaside town of Side.
Walking through Side from where the bus dropped us on the highway, it seemed like a peaceful little town with a slow pace of life (at least in January). Soon, the stones of ancient Side started cropping up in the parks and along the sides of the streets, as though the modern town exits within the old.
We came across the Collonaded Street, blissfully deserted on this sunny January Sunday (counting my blessings not to be here in the height of the summer). Badly ruined after thousands of years.