Thursday, 5/5. Troy. I expected to be underwhelmed by the experience and I was spot on. It’s so confusing. There are eight (or nine?) layers of Troy, meaning that to research Troy #1, one has to desecrate the remaining Troys. Touchy work. A smart guy did realize how confusing it can be and placed signs on a slope, labeling several ages of Troys. But there isn’t really much “there” there. Also, there’s a lot of reconstruction, so I wasn’t sure that what we saw was what it was, or what archeologists think it was.

But, hey, I’ve been to Troy. Check that off the list. Other than one bus that took people across the Dardanelles to visit the battlefields of Gallipoli, Troy was where everyone went.

Afterwards we spent some time in the port city of Canakkale. The Trojan Horse used in the recent movie is on display. The waterfront was busy but no one was trying to sell us anything, so it was a nice stroll. The actual port used by the ship is butt-ugly.

In the evening we passed under the “1915” Canakkale Bridge, which, in spite of its name, opened just a few months ago. It’s now the longest suspension bridge in the world. The center span is 6,600 feet long, 2,400 feet longer than the Golden Gate Bridge. It’s quite a sight.

Surf and turf again for dinner. Had seconds of surf. Yum.