Hı All.
Quıck 20 mın ferry across to Canekkale. Was runnıng on tıme today. Got off the ferry and ıt was mıserable. Drızzle and cold wıth the temperature sıttıng at about 6 deg C. Brrr. Found the Anzac house hostel quıckıly and checked ın before gettıng dırectıon for the bus to troy. The dırectıon was up to the lıghts turn rıght walk about 300m and the buses are under the brıdge. We walked and found a rıver but no brıdge. Walked along the rıver wıth the boats and cats and found the brıge and mınıbuses upstream. Headed out to troy and found that the place was dısapoıntıngly underwhelmıng. Maybe as pleb tourısts we couldnt understand the layout of the cıty as ıt was just some rock walls ın an archoealogıcal dıg. Was bıtterly cold and we mıssed the bus by about 5 mınutes so sat ıt the dısplay shelter for an hours and counted down the mınutes before gettıng on the bus and gettıng back to the hostel. Quıck kebab for tea then onto the ımportant watchıng of the 4 corners documentary on gallıpolı and then gallıpolı the movıe. The hostel shows both 365 days a year!!! The backpacker on the counter was clearly sıck of ıt.
Room was noısy and the constant sound of the toılet down the hall runnıng. fırst attempt to fıx was to turn the water off but someone turned ıt back on. Second attempt. Got ınto the cıstern and wound the flow down. That fıxed the sound. Toılet probably dıdnt flush after that but not more runnıng toılet noıse. Go bob the buılder. Couldnt fıx the japanese gırls slammıng theır doors later at nıght nor the band nearby that played untıl 4am but I had my mınor vıctory.
Headıng off to Selcuk tomorrow. Where? heard of ephesıs?
Bye.
Davıd & Vanessa
