Day 5: Canakkale and Troy - by Tegan




Tegan at Troy

 This morning we were privileged enough to sleep in an extra fifteen minutes, although it wasn’t long until we all flocked to one of the only rooms at the Kum Hotel with stable wi-fi. Soon after breakfast we were on our way to Canakkale. While we were all sad to see our final sights of Gallipoli, we were all definitely excited to meet a class of Turkish students that would soon accompany us to the city of Troy, but to get to the other side of the Dardanelles we had to race off to catch our ferry, where we were sitting in a bus, on a ferry, on the water.

As we arrived at Canakkale  College our feelings of excitement soon turned into feelings of an anxious fear. We were then separated between the

All the kids at the Troy ampitheatre

twenty five students where that fear was quickly dismissed by the English we were encountering.  Then the group moved on to the city of Troia, where the classic trojan horse was being repaired so we sadly couldn’t climb into it. After a tour from my main girl Bitz, we had free time on the site where some talented  Aussies and Turkish students performed, displaying their vocal talents. We headed back to the bus and had lunch in the college cafeteria where we experienced an even wider variety of Turkish specialties. 

The student who I was paired with soon dragged me away to go and watch the infamous quiz show held at their school to help them learn languages.  It was just what I expected, actually it was nothing like I expected. It actually reminded Laura and I of a Japanese game show - crazy yet completely entertaining, with balloon volleyball and a ping pong toss our laughter could not be contained. After the quiz show and countless photos later we went on a tour of a Turkish ship , the Nusret, that replicated one used in the Great War. 


A new friend on the Nusret

We headed back to our hotel to freshen up before we hit the street to find bargains such as Converse and Raybans  before we ended up at a place we have all dreamed about in the past four days … Mc Donalds.

We headed back to the hotel and said our final good byes to our Turkish friends, promising to stay in touch and looking forward to all the adventures still ahead of us in the next nine days. Not all of us are enthused about the 6am wake up tomorrow but we are all excited about the day of shopping in Istanbul.

Hugs not drugs

Xoxo Gossip Goat