Carry On My Wayward Son
So after 4 adventure-filled weeks in Istanbul, our group is now on a 2-week excursion hoping to figure what Turkish identity is. We expect to be able to piece together this puzzle by the end of the trip :) At the very least, we hope to leave with some amazing photos of these historic sites sprawled throughout Turkey.
Here's a map , taken straight out of the Fez Travel guidebook of the locations we will be visiting in Turkey for the next two weeks.
So we started on our two-week excursion this past Sunday, being that there was no wireless internet I have not been able to post since then. The first day included an extensive tour of Gallipoli, the famous battle where Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had an outstanding victory giving him the fame he needed to rise to the top. Essentially, the ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) landed on the wrong cove.
A mural of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's victory at Gallipoli.
Our group with Turkey's landscape in the background.
Here's a map , taken straight out of the Fez Travel guidebook of the locations we will be visiting in Turkey for the next two weeks.
So we started on our two-week excursion this past Sunday, being that there was no wireless internet I have not been able to post since then. The first day included an extensive tour of Gallipoli, the famous battle where Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had an outstanding victory giving him the fame he needed to rise to the top. Essentially, the ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) landed on the wrong cove.
On the road again...with David and Kelly taking a short sleep.
A mural of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's victory at Gallipoli.
Our group with Turkey's landscape in the background.
So that was the end of the first day on the road, and we stayed in Canakkale that night. The next day was a full day. We visited the historic Troy, Pergamum/Pergamom/Bergama depending upon which language you use, and ended in Ephesus. Troy was rather anticlimactic as it was only composed of old walls and a horse. The tour guide provided us with all this minutiae that Troy became a city that went through 9 stages, with a number of changing walls and nothing more.
Here's the famous Trojan horse with the famous UNC Burch Fellows' students peeping out, waiting for night to defeat Troy. (The horse is a modified, slightly newer model built in the 20th century)
Here's a snapshot of the beautiful theater, which still holds concerts to this day.
Here's the famous Trojan horse with the famous UNC Burch Fellows' students peeping out, waiting for night to defeat Troy. (The horse is a modified, slightly newer model built in the 20th century)
Our next stop was a lot more interesting. Pergamum, in its heyday, was a city of great prosperity. It was a city where the military was trained, so there was a constant change of residents within the city's boundaries. An interesting fact: Pergamum was known for its infallible hospital and because of this no one was allowed entrance into the city if they were, as our tour guide said, "sick of death." In other words, if you were ill or on the verge of death, you were not allowed to enter Pergamum. (No wonder the hospital always had a great reputation!)
Here's a photo of Yekta, Clayton and David posing in front of a beautiful set of Pergamum's columns.
Here's a photo of Yekta, Clayton and David posing in front of a beautiful set of Pergamum's columns.
Here's a snapshot of the beautiful theater, which still holds concerts to this day.
Tomorrow we plan on touring Ephesus, a Grecian village, Virgin Mary's home, and a museum. We are surely going to have calves of steel by the end of this trip.
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