Historians must despair to think of the incredible city of
Troy and the legends inspired by it … as the backdrop to a
Brad Pitt movie. They would also cringe at not one, but two, replica Trojan horses in the region. The first is a wooden reconstruction which, as Limmy discovered, can hold over five thousand Turkish children. The second is the actual horse used in the afore-mentioned film. These things detract from the archaeological delight of
Troy, which has been built and rebuilt nine times on top of itself, layered very much like
baklava.
The day ends with the second of two six-hour bus rides (Istanbul to Gallipoli, Gallipoli to Selçuk) through the Turkish countryside, which is all lovely rolling hills and plains, little patches of high-rise apartment blocks at the feet of mountains, side-by-side with lush fields of yellow and green, and lots of little basketball courts everywhere. Ahh.
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