Bergama

Day 2 - Continued. We find ourselves wandering the streets of Pergamon today called Bergama. We get off the bus near the main street and greeted in the middle of the street by a taxi driver who asks do you need a taxi. Off we go down the fairly modern main street to the very end where it turns into the Old Town.

.....Down some streets where I am thinking it is getting rustic & older as we go. We turn down a street or should I say back ally to a restored old Ottoman house -Athena Pension and I think what are we into now?

Well it is charming and truly authentic and Aydin our host spends the next hour telling us and showing the house. We have tea with Mom and Aydin's friend. It is one of our new Turkish families and we are enthralled. We are given the choice of the Old Ottoman house ......

Or the New Mansion he is just about finished restoring. It is amazing. Who would believed that when we turned down this "old" back alley it would hide this amazing Old Ottoman house and this restored old Mansion. Aydin needs an hour to finish preparing our room and does a great job as it is so comfortable.

After settling in, Aydin suggests we might like the Turkish baths - Hamam. We hesitate and then because it is cold and rainy we say yes! For $25CND the women's section ( women section is closed at nights) is opened for only us.


- One hour of bathing in this 500yr old bath with heated marble floors and walls. The hot running water feels so good after a rainy Troy. We are so blessed. This place is truly magnificant!