On Saturday, 30 June 2012, in the morning our group left the hotel in Istanbul for our next destination. Our destination that day was the ancient city of Troy (Truva) on the Asian side of Turkey. The Asia side of Turkey is called Anatolia, while the Europe side of Turkey is called Thrace. Our journey would be about four-hour bus drive to the town of Eceabat on Gallipoli Peninsula of the European side of Çanakkale Province, through the Tekirdağ Province. From Eceabat, we and our bus boarded car ferry to the Asian side of Çanakkale Province, for approximately half an hour. Upon reaching the Asian side, we continued the bus drive for less than an hour to the Troy historic site. The view of Bosporus (or Marmara?) from the window of my hotel room in Istanbul While still in Istanbul that day and the day before, we saw remains of fortresses. We were told that they used to be the boundary of the old city of Istanbul. In fact, the old city area of Istanbul i...
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