5:30 comes so early!! We had to be on the bus by 7:15 so we could get to Laodicea before the crowd. Laodicea was an ancient city in the Bible found in Revelation 3:14-21 and was one of the 7 churches of the revelation. The spirit and calmness that was at this site was so incredible. The city is stil being excavated today and it was so interesting to watch the archeologists piece together this puzzle of a city.
Our next stop was philedelphia which was also one of the churchs found in Acts 3:7-13. They were a very righteous people. The church was very small but pretty at the same time.
Following Philidelphia we went to the city of Sardis which had the 2nd largest and 2nd oldest synagog in the world. At Sardis the gymnasium was incredible. (oh and also one of the churches found in Revelations 3:1-6)
Then we headed to our lunch stop for lamb meatballs (more like rolled meat). Interesting to say the least. Then off to Thyatira yet another church found in Revelations 2:18-29. Thyatira is rather bare but still very calming and beautiful.
Our next and last stop was the beautiful acropolis of Pergamos. In order to get up to the acropolis we had to take a gondala ride. After we got to the top we walked up to the temple. There we talked about Revelations 2:12-17. Afterwards we just walked around Pergamos looking over the city. It was such a beautiful ancient city.
After all our touring was done for the day we rushed to the hotel in the city of Izmir
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