We were up and out the door at 9:30 on our way to visit Troy and a car drove by honking to the same wheel that had caused us to stop previously. The drive stopped and got our and obviously thought he could drive us to the service station. No more than a kilometer late BAM blow out, the wheel was totally shredded. Off to the side of the road we went.
Remembering the last time I grabbed by book on the way out... which made for 2 hours of leisurely, side of the road reading while there was a series of debacles... the tire iron was too big, the spare tire was flat. In the end, they had to buy a new tire and then drive it back. By this time it was noon so we drove a bit down the road and stopped for lunch.
After lunch we were off for the 2.5 hour trek to Troy. I have to admit the van rides are starting to wear on me. While the travel time is getting smaller the rides seem to get longer and longer. At least we now only have on trek, the trek back to Istanbul.
Troy was fun! You need a lot of imagination to imagine what was once there, now it's some strategically place rubble. It was neat to see Athena's temple and some of the very very old structures. The photo below is a close up shot of one of the ceiling tiles.
From there we headed to Çanakkale were our hotel is (only 30 minute drive!) and we were given only a hour of free time. I took advantage of the time to just relax, read a bit of my book and get ready for birthday dinner! On the way there we came across the Trojan Horse that was used in the move Troy!
Dinner was great, Mete took us to another fabulous restaurant. I had a whole bunch of stuff but I got birthday cake at the end! Yeah Birthday Cheesecake!
Heading to bed soon as it will be a super early morning (7:45 start!!)
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