Canakkale - pronounced Chan akk ally. Not Cannak kally as I've been saying. Nor, as Peter has kept correcting me for the last week, Cannak karley. The Captain called it Chan akk ally and it turns out he was right and Peter was wrong! LOL!
We've been before, a couple of times, there isn't much in the town to speak of, although we've visited a submarine maritime museum before, which was interesting. Saga made an inclusive visit to Troy available and we decided on that. It was an afternoon tour, so we took it easy in the cabin, had an early "light" lunch (mine was a massive salad), and boarded the bus at 12.15
We've visited Troy before, back in 2016. Back then, there wasn't a museum, but there is one now, and it's quite impressive. A few of the displays stuck in my memory - the video showing the various cities of Troy building up on each other, the gold jewellry, the images the stuff that has been taken away by the first archeologist, Heinrich Schliemann, in 1870. (and which Turkey wants back).
And the sarcophagii -
Particularly the sarcophagii outside, because Stuart St Paul decided to climb inside one, and be filmed climbing out again.
From there we went to Troy. The tour was exactly the same as last time, I retained a little bit more than last time, and enjoyed it as much. The thing that struck me the most I suppose was how small it was in total. I don't think I noticed that last time.
As per our last tour, different layers of the Troy cake were explained to us. 9 layers in all, ending in the Romans, who decided to build an Odeon into the walls of earlier cities, disappointing the archeologists who wanted to see those bits.
The model wooden horse is still there at the entrance, but visitors weren't able to climb up inside as per our last visit. I assume for safety reasons.
Back at the ship, we ate dinner in the Grill as usual. And as usual, the waiters are getting to know Peter, who, as usual, will only eat vanilla icecream for dessert. Thing is, it's normally Dian who gets him four scoops. When Von was asked to get Peter's icecream mountain, he came back with one. 6 scoops! Peter struggled, but he managed it!
Finally, we took a promenade along the promenade deck as we often do. We came inside out of the wind, and heard singing. Following the sound, we came across the Supper Club, and Steve Simone singing along with the Acoustic Duo, Coral and Sam. We decided we really liked the mood and the vibe of the place, and will visit again.
Tomorrow is another Turkish port, Kusadasi. Research so far shows that shopping is the main attraction of the site. Not our thing, but we'll see.
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