After getting up early we drove to Chios, returned the car and hopped on the daily ferry boat to Çeşme. When we arrived in Turkey it was very quite and we were wonderıng where everyone was in the middle of the week. We quickly learned that it was a public holiday (Republic day, celebrating the proclamatıon of the repbulic by Atatürk in 1923. So we were in a bit of a bind since we could not change money as plannedç
We found a bus to Izmır and it appeared that our 15 Lira (left from 10 days ago) should get us there. Once on the bus the conductor wanted 22 Lira however. Somehow we must have had a little misunderstand with the guy at the bus station. This akward situation brought about a memorable lıttle travel experience: When the conductor signaled that he was not interested in my dollars or euros the elder gentleman across the aile (travelling with a number of family members) simply paid the fare and I handed him the approximate amount ın Euros (assumıng a conservatıve exchange rate). He did not speak English nor did anyone on the bus around us, so he just smiled at me and I smiled back and we shuk hands.
Once in Izmir we found a little local bus to Selçuk (gate way to Ephesus) where we took the first best room we came across. Now we are back from some great dinner and exploring around town (oh and we found an ATM also:)