Turkey day 4: Cities on a hill

Pictures are great, but they can only capture a small frame. I wish I could capture the feeling if the small town of Assos, literally a city on a hill. It's in a secluded place surrounded by lots of hills with our group making up the only visitors. Sitting on the grassy mountainside over looking the sun shining on the sea, learning about Paul's ministry, I felt very much at peace.

Afte lunch and a long bus ride we went to Pergamum, a city on such a high hill that we had to take a tram to get to the top! Pergamum is home to the third biggest library of the ancient world (behind Alexandria and Ephesus); fitting for the city that invented parchment. This place used to be right on the coast but over the years the plane below has silted in and the sea is a few miles away. One of my favorite parts was seeing all the wildflowers!