Today was both fairly relaxed and fairly hot (somewhere in low to mid-30's would be our guess). The day started in an entertaining manner with David's "discrete kiwi clothesline" on the balcony coming adrift when he opened the door and sling-ahotting my remaining underwear from the 5th floor balcony on to the entrance footpath below.....lol. Needless to say he was hurriedly dispatched to retrieve it and he was hoping the security guard would not check his pockets on the way back into the hotel!! Luckily it was early in the morning and no-one seemed to notice anything, and the clothes line only had a couple of things on it. However, it was with some trepidation that I put more clothes back on the line for today!
After breakfast/brunch we spent a couple of hours walking round the Antalyian Museum of Archeaology which was really quite interesting and it contained a number of the statues and artifacts that had been found during excavations at Perge (which we visited yesterday). Not all of the artifacts are kept at this Museum as some are in the Berlin Museum. 
However, it helped us gain some perspective on how impressive the city would have been in its time when you integrated the remains of the city we saw yesterday with the statues, the tiles, carpets, etc which we were viewing today. One of these looked remarkably like a Hellenistic version of Lisa Simpson don't you think? 
but seriously the statues were quite memorable. 
However, it helped us gain some perspective on how impressive the city would have been in its time when you integrated the remains of the city we saw yesterday with the statues, the tiles, carpets, etc which we were viewing today. One of these looked remarkably like a Hellenistic version of Lisa Simpson don't you think? but seriously the statues were quite memorable. We then walked about 3 km into the city centre and saw the clock tower 
(which was built in 1244 and marked the upper limit of the Old Town) and the fluted minaret (a 13th century minaret dating from the reign of Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad and which has become the symbol of Antalya). The red bricks were evidently once decorated with turquoise tiles but at the moment most of the minaret was encased in a covering as it was undergoing restoration. 
(which was built in 1244 and marked the upper limit of the Old Town) and the fluted minaret (a 13th century minaret dating from the reign of Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad and which has become the symbol of Antalya). The red bricks were evidently once decorated with turquoise tiles but at the moment most of the minaret was encased in a covering as it was undergoing restoration. After a couple of wrong turns we eventually found Hadrian's Gate 
which was built to honour the visit of Emperor Hadrian in AD 130. It has three arched gateways fronted by four Corinithian columns and has also had restoration work done on it. The area between the arches now has a glass covered walkway so that you can see through to where there is clear signs of wheel ruts cut into the stone.
which was built to honour the visit of Emperor Hadrian in AD 130. It has three arched gateways fronted by four Corinithian columns and has also had restoration work done on it. The area between the arches now has a glass covered walkway so that you can see through to where there is clear signs of wheel ruts cut into the stone.We then walked back via the harbour area 
to the hotel 
and by the time we arrived we were quite grateful for our air-conditioned room!
to the hotel and by the time we arrived we were quite grateful for our air-conditioned room!
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