The next 3 hours were spent enjoying the Turkish landscape and experiencing the varying quality of road surfaces. Our first pit stop was a small town near Anzac Cove, Gelibou where we indulged in fresh bread, tomato and cheese. A typical on the go lunch. Back on the road we went, thankfully knowing we were nearly at our first destination of the day. With a little help from the GPS and our travel guide we found the numerous memorial sites of the Anzacs who fought selflessly during WWI. It was unimaginable to comprehend that they battled on such tough terrain and during the summer heat. As it was put so well 'Their name Liveth for evermore'.
To Eceabat we go!! There we caught the ferry across to Cannakkale. It was our first time driving a car onto a ferry - I can now tick that box off. We arrived in Cannakkale a little before 6pm and based on Aaron's GPS we could make it to Troy, 30 minutes before closing - that's enough time to check out 4000 year old ruins, right? ;) So off we went - arriving spot on 6:30! The giant wooden statue of the Trojan horse welcomed us at the entrance (ummm no Lucy that isn't the original horse used by the Greeks to break into Troy!) Within the timeframe we managed to walk through the ruins and see the 8 different layers of the city. After driving 400+ km and with the sun starting to set we found a little b&b a few hundred metres down the road from the ruins. The owner, known as Uran Savas was a local guide and kindly shared lots of information about Turkish history whilst enjoying Turkish apple tea, local vodka and roasted hazelnuts. Mumma of the house had made delicious meatballs accompanied by grilled eggplant and fresh tomato and cucumber salad. Turkey's cuisine is certainly satisfying the taste buds.
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