15 December ’04, Wednesday. We couldn’t find a campground last night, so we opted for a gas station. Now we have had some varying stays at gas stations and this one was another story. It was a story only because it was really cold outside and they said no to us using the electricity, even though I offered money to off set the cost. Well anyway, we absolutely froze before we got to bed. Now when we did get into bed, and it was early (8:30 of so), we went in fully dressed PLUS… I mean it was COLD !!! Sleeping was good, and we both got a good nights sleep, but getting out of bed this morning…well, that was tough. We got underway even before breakfast or, even washing our face. We wanted the heater on and we wanted it on NOW !!! We drove for about an hour and then stopped in the SUN !!!, washed up, made coffee, and had breakfast…all nice and warm. I forgot to mention, we had made it to the parking lot of the ruins of Troy (Truva). When we pulled in, there was a tour bus already there and unloaded. By the time we were just finishing up breakfast, the bus was loaded and pulling out…we were now the only ones there. This winter traveling and sightseeing has it’s pluses and minuses. The weather has continued to stay..bright sun in the morning to night, COLD to start the day and warming till you step out into the wind and then you recognize that the sun coming through the window has fooled you again…it is still COLD !! So we bundle up again like Eskimos.
Everything we have read about Troy has said that it is a very confusing site to go through. Well, they were right. It seems that there has been so many cities built on top of the other, that they kind of blend one into the other. Also there is no prominent rebuilt area that just stands out. The only prominent thing that stands is the Trojan Horse that an Italian architect thought the wooden horse might have looked like. This is the most photographed item on the site, and every shop for miles around is selling a 2” replica to as much as a 6’ wooden horse. The drawings from the site do have some merit to them, but even those are “educated guessing”. It is too bad that the governments of all the countries can’t pool together the finances to fully, or a close as possible, complete one of two of the most important ruins in each of these countries. What a marvelous thing that would be. Off to Greece or as close as we can get before it gets dark on us. Well, we got as close as 5km or about 1 mile and we pulled into another gas station for the night. This one had electricity for us so we can use our heater tonight….mmmmm.
Everything we have read about Troy has said that it is a very confusing site to go through. Well, they were right. It seems that there has been so many cities built on top of the other, that they kind of blend one into the other. Also there is no prominent rebuilt area that just stands out. The only prominent thing that stands is the Trojan Horse that an Italian architect thought the wooden horse might have looked like. This is the most photographed item on the site, and every shop for miles around is selling a 2” replica to as much as a 6’ wooden horse. The drawings from the site do have some merit to them, but even those are “educated guessing”. It is too bad that the governments of all the countries can’t pool together the finances to fully, or a close as possible, complete one of two of the most important ruins in each of these countries. What a marvelous thing that would be. Off to Greece or as close as we can get before it gets dark on us. Well, we got as close as 5km or about 1 mile and we pulled into another gas station for the night. This one had electricity for us so we can use our heater tonight….mmmmm.
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