If you find yourself lost in Selcuk, Turkey at 11pm on a school night, you can do no better than to wander into Hotel Jimmys, an oasis for lots of foreign travelers, mostly English speaking. It had all the required amenities. - a room and a self-service beer cooler in the lobby. The hotel is run by brothers, Jimmy and Adem, who apparently speak several languages and who are among the most accommodating and engaging people you will meet in this part of the world. The staff is great, the free breakfast is very good and they can provide complete travel planning and advice. Please promise me that you will go to Jimmys, unless, of course, you wish to sleep. The beds are much too hard for that. 

Anyway, Jimmys is perfectly located in the center of town near Ephesus. On Saturdays it is ground zero for market day when everything for sale within 100 miles (seemingly) is put on the sidewalks and streets and sold at extraordinary levels of volume and enthusiasm. Think of the county fair without the tractor pull and the Fairest of the Fair Contest. So elaborate was this event that men came in early in the morning and strung tarps over the streets to shield shoppers from the unrelenting sun, creating a virtual mall. A huge portion of the market was taken up by produce vendors - the most beautiful produce you have ever seen! The variety and quality was breathtaking, and the care with which the vendors displayed their goods approached fanaticism. Leslie picked up a peach to determine its appeal and when replacing it to the pile, the vendor picked it up, turned it 90 degrees and set it back down. The glorious and neurotic fruit and vegetable market of Selcuk. We bought figs and plums and peaches and a honey/sesame snack which is delicious.

But the best of Ephesus and Selcuk could not be found at Jimmys or the market.