finally a real vacation...part 1...

Last Tuesday night Paistey and I headed off on a night bus to Canakkale down on the Asian side and the coast of the Aegean, at the entrance to the Dardanelles. Wednesday, early, early morning we arrived and then checked into our hostel and took a nap. After much deliberation we decided to brave Troy on our own, without the help of a 60lira tourguide and tourbus. It worked out well enough, we found the minibuses underneath the bridge down the road, grab some breakfast, and took a scenic drive down to Troy.

Troy was really interesting and I'm glad I've finally seen it. Not sure what I can really say about it...it's big, there are a lot of old rocks. Some buildings are able to be deciphered thanks to the many descriptive signs all over the site. Maybe one day I will be able to be able to actually understand a place like this all on my own? That would be cool. Oh and of course Troy would be nothing without a large wooden horse, right??!

and then...