Today I took a short trip to the cities of Troy and Çannakale.
Çanakkale is located in the northwest of Turkey, straddling the Dardanelles, the famous strait which separates the continents of Europe and Asia. Troy is the city immortalized in The Iliad and a site of very important archaeological finds.
I travelled with three other AIESEC trainees, two girls from Brazil and one girl from Hungary. It was a 5 hour bus ride, so we left at 7 this morning and got back to Bursa around midnight. After arriving in Çannakale we took a bus taxi to Troy, only to be dropped off 5km short of our destination! Rather than spend an hour walking we decided to hitchhike, which was an adventure in itself! In the end, all of us were underwhelmed with the remains of Troy. Troy is to Turkey what cave bacon is to Cave of the Winds... a lot of hype over piles of rocks. Nevertheless, for inexplicable reasons Troy makes my bones glow: settlement dates back to 3000 B.C. and with a little imagination one can bring back to life Achilles, Hector and the gigantic Trojan horse.
We ended our trip with a walk along the pier in Çanakkale; eating roasted chestnuts and watching the sunset over a cup of tea. Two hours later and I am still smiling!
To view pictures: http://mullett.smugmug.com/Travel
Çanakkale is located in the northwest of Turkey, straddling the Dardanelles, the famous strait which separates the continents of Europe and Asia. Troy is the city immortalized in The Iliad and a site of very important archaeological finds.
I travelled with three other AIESEC trainees, two girls from Brazil and one girl from Hungary. It was a 5 hour bus ride, so we left at 7 this morning and got back to Bursa around midnight. After arriving in Çannakale we took a bus taxi to Troy, only to be dropped off 5km short of our destination! Rather than spend an hour walking we decided to hitchhike, which was an adventure in itself! In the end, all of us were underwhelmed with the remains of Troy. Troy is to Turkey what cave bacon is to Cave of the Winds... a lot of hype over piles of rocks. Nevertheless, for inexplicable reasons Troy makes my bones glow: settlement dates back to 3000 B.C. and with a little imagination one can bring back to life Achilles, Hector and the gigantic Trojan horse.
We ended our trip with a walk along the pier in Çanakkale; eating roasted chestnuts and watching the sunset over a cup of tea. Two hours later and I am still smiling!
To view pictures: http://mullett.smugmug.com/Travel
3 comments:
John Says you look cute...
~Daniel
aw, remember when we went to see Troy?
xo Ellie
Ellie,
The Trojan horse used in Troy is in Çanakkale!
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