Our last big archaeological tour stops were rather disappointing….
We headed first to Pergamum, which is one of the seven churches in Revelations, but there was not much of that aspect at the site. Mostly, it was a lot of rocks and ruins showing where buildings might have been. The most restored were the columns and theatre, but even that was not all that impressive.
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 13:23, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 7.2, 9.4mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 13:19, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.2, 18.9mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 100
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 13:00, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.4, 7.9mm, 0.067 sec, ISO 200
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 12:59, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.2, 18.9mm, 0.125 sec, ISO 400
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 11:03, Apple iPad mini, 2.4, 3.3mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 32
Pergamum05-Apr-2013 11:03, Apple iPad mini, 2.4, 2.18mm, 0.003 sec, ISO 32
From there, we headed to Troia or Troy. On the way, we got to watch the film starring Brad Pitt, which was nice just for the main reason of passing the time on the pass. Like Pergamon, the ruins for Troy were very unimpressive. Even the legendary Trojan horse was under construction, so we were not able to see that. Luckily, the one used in the movie was on the waterfront, so we got some pics of that.
Troy05-Apr-2013 19:02, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.2, 26.4mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
Troy05-Apr-2013 18:49, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 6.6, 6.3mm, 0.004 sec, ISO 100
Troy05-Apr-2013 18:38, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.005 sec, ISO 100
Troia or Troy05-Apr-2013 18:23, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
Troy - the most beautiful thing in the entire site...05-Apr-2013 18:44, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.2, 56.7mm, 0.001 sec, ISO 100
Trojan horse used in the film "Troy" parked on the waterfront in Canakkale05-Apr-2013 20:53, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.4, 7.9mm, 0.008 sec, ISO 100
Model of Troy in Canakkale - more interesting than the real site05-Apr-2013 22:34, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.7, 11.0mm, 0.167 sec, ISO 400
Model of Troy in Canakkale - more interesting than the real site05-Apr-2013 22:33, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.167 sec, ISO 400
Canakkale - Trojan horse at night05-Apr-2013 22:31, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 1 sec, ISO 500
We got to our hotels in Canakkale (chanakale) and then went out to explore the small city a bit. It was nice to have another evening free to walk around and see the city. We had dinner at a place on the main road and tried Izkender Doner, which was meat over bread pieces drizzled with tomato sauce with a side of two dallops of yogurt. It was tasty and definitely better than what we have been eating.
First Izkendar kebap in Canakkale and first real food in ages!05-Apr-2013 21:53, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.167 sec, ISO 400
Canakkale - Where we had our Izkender Kebap05-Apr-2013 22:20, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.3, 6.3mm, 0.077 sec, ISO 200
Canakkale - waterfront05-Apr-2013 22:32, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.0, 14.1mm, 0.769 sec, ISO 400
Canakkale05-Apr-2013 20:50, Apple iPhone 4S, 2.4, 4.28mm, 0.063 sec, ISO 800
Canakkale - mosques are blue here...not green05-Apr-2013 22:46, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 4.0, 14.1mm, 0.625 sec, ISO 400
Canakkale - random dwarves on waterfront05-Apr-2013 22:38, NIKON COOLPIX S51, 3.4, 7.9mm, 0.4 sec, ISO 400
So, it was a good ending to the day after another long bus ride and disappointing sites. We are up early tomorrow, so….
-T π
