I left Hamish at home and travelled with Steph for two weeks. We did the usual tourist route passing through Istanbul, Gallipoli, Troy, Ephesus, Fethiye, sailed around the coast to Olympos, over to Cappadocia and then back to Istanbul. And I would go back and do it all again in a flash! It is definately up there on my list of favourite countries, and after receiving a job offer I tried to convince H to move there with me, but without much luck!
Special mention to Steph for being the official tour photographer:)
My first kebap - yum!
Gallipoli
Some of the trenches which still exist. They are literally about 10 metres from the Turkish trenches.
The Lone Pine memorial:
Troy
Not much to see photographically unfortunately but we had a really fascinating outing to this site. Excavations have discovered that there are nine cities built one on top of each other, dating back to 3000BC.
The Trojan Horse - a replica obviously!
The Goddess Nike - in her 'swoosh' position:
Ephesus
It must have been about 40 degrees the day that we visited here, so it was pretty hard work to function both body and brain, but this was definately one of the highlights for me. It's incredible what still remains of this roman city.
The Goddess Nike - in her 'swoosh' position:
A very sweaty Gabs!
Main Street, Ephesus!
Main Street, Ephesus! The Library of Celsus which originally held 12,000 scrolls in the niches around its walls which protected the scrolls from changes in temperature and humidity.
Niches on the facade hold statues representing the virtues of Goodness, Thought, Knowledge and Wisdom:
The theatre which could hold 25,000 people
And later in the day we visited the Virgin Mary's house:
The theatre which could hold 25,000 people
And later in the day we visited the Virgin Mary's house:
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