What a difference a day makes!!! The following tour day we journeyed over mountains and valleys to reach our next destination. The weather was perfect and there was even snow on top of the mountains from the storm the day before. We finally reached the ancient city of Hierapolis. Paul mentions this city in his letter to the Colossians in chapter 4:13.
Imagine that these stone paths and ruins once formed homes and businesses. A thriving city filled with families, philosophers and doctors, now just fragments of the lives they once lived. This city was know for the production of purple dye which was highly regarded in many cultures of that era. Travelers with incurable ailments would come here in search of relief from the hot springs. Walking among these huge toppled stones made it difficult to imagine a bustling city at it's origin in 4th century B.C.