We have now been in the caravan camp at Troy for a couple of days and over that time the weather has been bright and sunny as well as wild and wet. This morning it is clear and very cold. There is some solid ice on the ground this morning and snow is being predicted for the Gallipoli Penninsula just a few miles away. Never the less today is the day we will visit the historic sight of Troy. But we will do it dressed in all the cold weather gear we have.

Some of the bare facts about Troy (or Troia as the locals call it) are impressive. Archeologists have found the remains of 9 different cities on this site. The first dating back to 3000 BC and the most recent covering the period 85BC to 500AD. For many years Troy was generally considered to be only a legend, but starting in 1871 a wealthy German Heinrich Schliemann began a series of excavations that finally uncovered enough to demonstate that Troy had been a real city. Unfortunately Herr Schliemann's excavations were destructive and he ran off with many valuable articfact.

The ruins are interesting but difficult to comprehend without signs outlining the findings and conclusions of the archeoligists. But never the less well worth a visit. After all the legend of Troy is a story that every baby-boomer has seen played out in Hollywood movies.

Incidentally from the ruins we got our first sight of the Gallipoli Peninsular and EUROPE.


We spent another cold night in the same caravan camp