The third day in Turkey was one of my favorites. After breakfast and packing up in Istanbul, we loaded the busses for a long drive down to Canakkale aka Troy. The drive was several hours long but it was nice to get in some extra sleep, listen to music and just hang out with people on the bus. Oh, and we also got to hear the stories of how the Muhlesteins met. Best. Story. Ever. We all feel so blessed to have such great leaders here at the Jerusalem Center. It's been great to see how much they care about us. What a great experience it is for me to be here. I'm learning so much and it has most definitely increased my testimony in many ways.
Our first stop was to the ancient town of Troy to visit the legendary wooden horse. Despite the story being true or not it was a neat experience. We all hung around and took pictures in the horse (I'm the one on the bottom level, in the box to the far right). Then we looked around the ruins of the ancient city. The remains of the city were excavated by a man who used Homer’s Illiad to locate the site, and who also took many of the valuable treasures he found there back to Germany with him. The ruins include a temple a temple, theater, and foundations. Today, recent wooden copy of the famous Trojan Horse symbolically stands on the site to recall its legendary original since long vanished. Our class acted out part of Homer's Iliad, which was really funny to watch. I was Hector's wife. It was really fun to act it out with the class.
This was the only site we went to that day but it was great. On our way to our hotel we stopped along the Agean Sea and got to dip our feet in and play in the water. I love the water soo much so it was not only great to get out and stretch, but also to be in the water with everyone.
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Epic trojan horse! |
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Me in front of a Troy I ruin! |
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Group at Troy. |
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Room slices enjoying Troy! |
That night we stayed in a hotel in Cannakale. The hotel was a little interesting but the town was amazing. The hotel was right on the water so we went and hung out for a few hours. There were a bunch of cute shops run by some of the local people. We also watched the sunset on the boardwalk, as a group. It was soo beautiful and so fun to watch together. We took fun and crazy pictures and just had a blast. I got some earrings as gifts to friends and family back home. It was just a fun night I'll always remember from this Turkey trip. What a good day :)
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Group out in the town at night. |
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Watching the beautiful sunset. |
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Me and slice! |
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Me, Jeehee and Angela. |
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We were in love with this town. |
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