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Turkey Summer Vacation [Part 3]: The Beautiful and Historic Aegean

Sunday, 1 July 2012 On that day, our group left the not-so-good hotel in Çanakkale. The destination to visit would be İzmir city and remains of Selçuk, which took more than half day to get to the first destination and another one hour to the next, still within the İzmir Province. According to the seven geographical regions of Turkey, both are included in Aegean Region (Ege in Turkish), named after the Aegean Sea. On our way to İzmir city, we took one toilet stop (not sure where, maybe Edremit?) and another lunch stop at Bergama (Pergamon) which also had ancient city. It was not on our itinerary, however. As usual, Ümit gave us "lecture" during the beginning of the journey. The topic of the day, if I am not mistaken was social life, including the work and salary of Turkish people, living cost and its element, as well as comparison between the urban and rural live. He also told us about how he got his career as tourist guide. In addition to it, after the first stop, he al...