On to Troy (Still Day 3)

After a nice lunch we continued the drive to Troy which was only 30 minutes away.

In Greek/Persian history the Trojan War was waged in Troy in 12/13th century BC as depicted in Homer's Iliad.  The site had 9 different levels that were uncovered dating back to 3rd century BC.  It is one of the most famous archeological sites.  It does take a lot of imagination to envision what the city would have been like.  For many American's we think of the Trojan Horse or the movie Troy.

the curved walls were to prevent a battering ram from fitting its mark at the gate.

foundations of homes.

The road in.

Admiring the walls or something Margaret has found.

The theatre.  The marble is gone as local people picked it up for use.

The tourist picture opportunity.

It then took over 2 hours to drive to Yesilyurt village where we are staying at a beautiful small country hotel in the hills overlooking the Aegean called Cetmihan.  While I have tried to take some pictures to give you an idea of the hotel and area, the website for the hotel does a fabulous job of presenting itself (don't let Turkish language discourage you from exploring):  http://www.cetmihan.com/

The entrance.

Through the entrance, past the lobby, and into the garden. Carl is taking it all in.

View from the corner of the dining deck.

Through the lobby and out the doors on the way to the dining room.

The inside lounge (bar) area.

After checking into the hotel we walked to the center of the little village up a steep cobblestone road and then continue up towards the top of the hill which took us quite some time.  Along our little journey Paul bought some almonds from an elderly shopkeeper and Belinda and Leslie kept another woman very busy with some scarf purchases.

See the indent of the stone down the center of the road?  It is for drainage.

As we are walking up to the top of the village and checking out the new construction that seems to have halted.  Beautiful views.

We then headed back down to the hotel for a 7:30pm dinner which was really fantastic.  We started with some mezes (small dishes) which were varied from a couple of eggplant dishes to salads, even a seaweed dish.  We then had grape leaves filled with fish and sea bass for the main meal followed by some small deserts of filo dough with halva.  We enjoyed it so much that before we knew it the time was 10pm.

Enjoying the view and the lovely table.

Frank with the indoor dining room and lounge in the background.