Troy

Yesterday Michele and I arrived in Canakkale, the jumping off point for visiting the ruins of Troy. The town is a cute harbor town similar to Kusadasi and Cesme, but it feels a little less touristy.

This morning we visited Troy. The coolest part about the site is that it is not just one ruin, but actually 9 built on top of each other. Apparently the city would be deserted after a large war, earthquake, or fire, then after a few years and a few layers of dirt, people would move back and start over. Talk about tenacity. No wonder it took the Greeks 10 years to penetrate the city walls.

Along the water front in Canakkale stands the Trojan Horse used in the recent film version of the story. I look at it and feel in the presences of greatness, Orlando Bloom and Brad Pitt touched this.