Fully working huge Roman Fountain - How cool is that!
Today we hit the road again, this time heading to Pamukkale but on the way we stopped off at what turned out to be one of the best Roman ruined site I have ever seen, Sagalassos. In fact I think I can safely say these are the best Roman ruins outside Italy. It added an hour to our trip but boy was it worth it.
Read MoreAfter the full on day yesterday, today is a simple take it easy day. Breakfast is a really nice simple Turkish affair with toasting the bread on a hot plate over a fire place which Julianne enjoyed.
Read MoreAfter an hour of driving we came to the Phrygian Valley; the Phrygians were a tribe that ruled in the area between the 8th century BC until the arrival of Alexander the Great and then the Romans. The most famous Phrygian is King Midas of golden touch fame.
We found a side road which pointed to where the ruins were and luckily there was no snow on it, so it must have been cleared sometime over the last couple of days.
Read MoreOur last day in Eskisehir started after breakfast by fully exploring the historic Ottoman Quarter. It was a lot of fun and Grandma really enjoyed just walking around looking at all the old houses. A number of the oldest buildings are marked on our map and have a brief history which gave us a rough route to walk around.
Read MoreIt was really nice to wake up to this huge room in this luxurious suite in a historical Ottoman House and finding it nice and warm after the cold of last night, the suite must have slowly warmed up overnight. Then to top it off Robin comes in and is all excited as there was snow outside, and in fact was still snowing!
Read MoreFor some unknown reason we have been upgraded to the top of the line ‘Sultan’s Suite’ which is simply amazing. It is an entire Ottoman House for ourselves and consists of 2 floors, with a large lounge and a huge bathroom on each floor with chandeliers everywhere – it is so very nice.
Read MoreI have always said that Hoyia Sofia was the most impressive building I have ever seen from the hundreds I have visited in the past so going back was going to be interesting to see if it lived up to what I remembered after 6 years – and I must say it most certainly did.
The Hoyia Sofia is just massive and to think it is 1600 years old! With most people in 400AD living in really simple situations seeing this huge building back then would have simply being mind blowing.
Read MoreOur first full day in Turkey, and of course everyone is jet-lagged especially Luke. The first part of the day was frustrating as we couldn’t get Grandma’s e-mails to work, and this being the first time she had been so far away from everyone she quite rightly wanted to be in contact with the family back home, to share what had been happening on her big overseas adventure.
Read MoreToday the 4th of April I am heading off to Turkey, it’s a big trip for a whole month with the whole family, Julianne, Robin, Luke, myself and even my mother, (Grandma / Robyn).
A year ago the ballot for the 100-year ANZAC Service opened. direct family members had two chances of getting tickets, but Julianne was not luckily enough to win either – but me who had a lot less of a chance was actually successful.
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