An early start sunday with a quick bus ride to visit the site of the virgin Mary's supposedly last known residence near the end of her life ( AD 37 - AD45) A chapel has been built on her house foundations.
Then it was off to Troy. A city that archaeological digs proved that there had been nine separate periods of settlement (3000BC- AD 400) each successive period of habitation lies on top of its former era. Fasinating site although small tells a big story. A very large wooden horse at entrance was rather tacky. The one we saw in Canakkale where we stayed that night, was much more tasteful and was a used in the movie Troy and was gifted to the city later.
We had dinner at a waterfront resturant overlooking the Dardanelles and towards Gallipoli peninsula.
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