I've been tagged

So, I've been tagged by Jamie. (The rules....link your tagger and list these rules on your blog. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.)

Fact 1 - I love to read. I probably read 3 to 5 book a month, plus magazines. Mostly I read fiction and I love thrillers, mysteries, and historical fiction, but I'll read just about anything if it looks halfway interesting. How do I have so much time to read you ask? I don't watch much TV and I always carry a book when I travel to help pass the downtime while in transit.

Fact 2 - I hate ranch flavored anything and everything. Ranch dressing is the devil's work. I don't what it is about ranch, but even the smell of it turns my stomach. So many people love it, but I would rather eat dirt than anything ranch flavored.

Fact 3 - I think I should have been an architect. I can't draw worth a damn, but I love buildings and looking at how materials, textures, colors, light, and space interact to create different types of environments. I took a couple of architecture and landscape architecture classes in college and really enjoyed. If you ever look at my photo albums, you'll notice I don't take many pictures of people, but lots of pictures of buildings. Who knows, maybe I will become an architect one of these days...

Fact 4 - I have really stretchy skin on the back of my neck and head. Maybe it's normal (not like I go around pulling on the skin on people's necks) but I can pull the skin really far away from my scalp in certain places. If hope I don't get weird drooping back-of-neck rolls when I'm older.

Fact 5 - I have never understood the appeal of Seinfeld. One of the dumbest shows ever.

Fact 6 - I played the viola for 5 or so years when I was a kid and was a member of the Spokane Junior Orchestra. I can play the cello a little bit as well although it's been years since I've touched either so I would probably totally suck at it now.

Fact 7 - I think I have really nice ears.

I don't think I even know seven people with blogs so I won't be tagging anyone else, but hope you're enjoyed some random facts about me.

Selçuk

It's Sunday afternoon here in the small town of Selçuk, our base for touring the ruins of Ephesus, and it's hot. Must be in the 80's which is actually pretty nice unless you're walking around a lot and sweating. Good thing I brought my sunglasses and some sunscreen. We walked around Ephesus yesterday and it's an amazing site with ruins of old baths, the Library of Celsus, an old amphitheater, lots of temples and gates, and the marble road that runs through it all. I would have loved to see the city 1,500 years ago when it was all still standing. We also visited the Temple of Artemis, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, but today only a single column remains so it's not much to look at.

We also visited a little village outside Selçuk where they produce wine. I didn't try any of the wine at the wineries, but I did have some homemade wine with my lunch. Let's just say it had an interesting taste - not quite wine, not quite juice, definitely homemade. Along with my wine I had an eggplant pancake - mashed eggplant wrapped in homemade flatbread and cooked over a wood fire. Then it was off to buy some soaps and knitted slippers before heading back to the hotel.

Today we visited the site of the Seven Sleepers and in a couple of hours we'll be heading back to the airport to catch a flight back to Istanbul.