Magnesia and more

A wonderful warm but breezy sunny afternoon with David, Graham and Kat wandering the ruins of the Ancient Greek city of Magnesia, in particular the spectacular stadium that seated 30,000 in its heyday, with its stunning view across the the Menderes basin (yes, I really did climb all those steps that you can see in the extra with Graham and Kat at the top, in order to take today's photo!!). First saw this place about a year ago (here) with Graham and Kat as Turkey came out of another Covid lockdown. 

The day ended with a lovely evening on Akbutk waterfront with David having dinner at Liman restaurant and of course taking photos of the Akbuk sunset - always beautiful (extra).

Magnesia or Magnesia on the Maeander was an ancient Greek city in Ionia, considerable in size, at an important location commercially and strategically in the triangle of Priene, Ephesus and Tralles. The city was named Magnesia, after the Magnetes from Thessaly who settled the area along with some Cretans. The territory around Magnesia was extremely fertile, and produced excellent wine, figs and cucumbers. It was built on the slope of  Mount Thorax on the banks of the small river Lethacus, a tributary of the Maeander river upstream from Ephesus. It was 15 miles from the city of Miletus.[4][5]  The Büyük Menderes River, is a river in southwestern Turkey. It rises in west central Turkey near Dinar before flowing west through the Büyük Menderes graben until reaching the Aegean Sea in the proximity of the ancient Ionian city Miletus. The word "meander" is used to describe a winding pattern, after the river. Wikipedia