Tag: February 2010

Troy, it’s real

On the way to the site the clouds didn’t hold much hope for us as they blocked the sky and quickly made puddles in the street. The dolmus con­tin­ued to bump and turn on the winding streets. Some other tour­ists spoke loudy in the front. We couldn’t under­stand them. We only knew it was taxing [...]

Feeling Fantastic in Fethiye

Ciao tutti! We haven’t had inter­net access for the past few days.  But alas, now that we are in our 30.00 Turkish Lira room per night ($21.75 Canadian) which has a lovely view of the Fethiye harbour, we couldn’t be happier.
The town is bust­ling and the moun­tains and water are so peace­ful. Chris is in [...]

Another several hundred kilometers through Turkey... with pictures!

While Laura has been blog­ging her socks off, I haven’t gotten around to putting much up in a while. So here goes: a photo update on where we are and what we’ve been up to.
Broadly speak­ing, we are making our way down the Aegean coast of Turkey. We ducked inland at places like Bergama and Pamukkale, [...]

Gallipoli Battlefields

Topkapi Palace (Topkapi Sarayi)

Topkapi Palace located in Istanbul, was the headquar­ters for the Ottamen Empire for more then 400 years. Today it is a museum. When we went it cost 20 Turkish Lira per person, and if we wanted to go into the Harem it would cost an addi­tional 15 Turkish Lira per person. The ticket for entering [...]