7 articles tagged with ephesus
Standing before the Library of Celsus as the early morning light caressed its ancient façade, I felt that familiar tingle of excitement that only comes when perfect light meets perfect history. After decades in hot restaurant kitchens, trading my chef's...
Blimey, it's been nearly a decade since I swapped my Liverpool bus route for these mountain trails, and I've never looked back—except to check for loose rocks, of course! This spring, I tackled what I'm calling the 'Ancient Heights Circuit'—a...
The morning light casts long shadows across the marble-paved streets of ancient Ephesus, the silence broken only by the soft scrape of my boots against stones that have witnessed the rise and fall of empires. I've wandered many archaeological sites...
Standing at the edge of Izmir's azure coastline last spring, I couldn't help but feel like I was perched at the crossroads of human civilization. This western Turkish city—once known as Smyrna—has witnessed the ebb and flow of empires for...
There's something profoundly humbling about standing amidst the columns of Ephesus one week and finding yourself beneath the canopy of Mount Apo's rainforest the next. After covering sporting events across continents for two decades, I've developed a certain rhythm to...
Standing at the entrance to Ephesus, watching the morning light illuminate the marble columns of this ancient metropolis, I couldn't help but slip into 'security mode' - scanning the landscape, observing the flow of visitors, and mentally mapping exit routes....
Standing among the ancient columns of Ephesus as the morning light filters through, casting long shadows across marble streets once walked by Romans, I couldn't help but analyze the molecular composition of the limestone beneath my fingers. The scientist in...