Day 82: Kusadasi, Turkey
Tour Guide shows us were we are Heading uphill slowly but steady This person wasn't going slow and steady. A motorcoach tour from the port of Kusadasi to the Shrine of the Virgin Mary is a scenic delight In a once-in-a-lifetime experience, travel to the picturesque Solmissos Mountains and attend a special interdenominational mass, including communion at the Virgin Mary Shrine which is recognized by the Vatican as a Holy Place. This small shrine, surrounded by lush foliage and dedicated to St. Mary, was found in the ruins when the house, believed to be her final home, was first discovered. The shrine is still cared for by the Lazarist Fathers, and you will take part in a very special mass service and receive communion in this beautiful setting. " On the way to the shrine, visitors pass a key hole-shaped baptismal pool, larger than the one located at the basilica in Ephesus. It is thought that an early community of Christians may have lived or were baptized here in seclusion i