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.

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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.

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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.

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So, it was a good ending to the day after another long bus ride and disappointing sites. We are up early tomorrow, so….

-T 😀