City of Troy and the Trojan Horse

Have you heard of Troy? The Trojan Horse? Well this is where it happened many, many, years ago .... 3,500.


Here are the walls that armies could not climb. They look easy to climb but they were covered with a plaster and when armies came, they would put olive oil all over the wall. The walls are sloped so the soldiers on top did not have to look way over to shoot the enemy.


At one gate was a sloped entrance. Perfect for a large Trojan Horse.


A replica, however it may not be accurate. The story goes that the Greeks had been battling Troy for ten years. One way to show that you give up is to give a gift. The Greeks built this horse. Troy had a big party to celebrate the end of a long war and had the gift rolled into the city. After everyone was drunk and asleep, thirty of the best Greek soldiers came out of the horse and conquered the city. The term "beware of Greeks bearing gifts," was taken from this event.


This is our group. We have all gotten along well and become friends.


This is a typical meeting when we get off the bus to our hotel. Halit, in the green shirt, is handing out the room keys. Marvin is in the red hat. A tired Kay is in the pink shirt.


This is a typical freeway with typical buildings all over Turkey. The roads are generally very good.


A typical buffet, there are three more sides like this. We have eaten very well. Turks eat a lot of lamb, cucumber, tomato, olives, cheese, nuts, dried apricots, yogurt, chicken and soups with lentils


This was a refrigerator at one of our lunch stops. I counted about 16 lambs hanging in the cooler.

Tomorrow we return to where we started, Istanbul. Then we fly to Rome and meet Keriann. Paul would have travelled by boat. Thank for following my blog, there is much more to come.