Results tagged “Stars” from Turkey 2014

Day 10, Sunday 18 May

Last night I dragged mum outside before bed to show her the big dipper and north star, which she'd never seen before. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I went to check on it, and sure enough, things were where I thought they'd be :)

Slept pretty well again. I've generally been sleeping very well this trip which is great. Hand still keeps going to sleep even after barely any computer/mouse usage for a week.

Got scrambled eggs for breakfast this morning which was a nice change.

Headed off quite early and caught a ferry across from Canakkale to Eceabat and then continued across the Gallipoli peninsula. We made quite a few stops around the place, including Brighton Beach, Anzac Cove, the Sphynx, the cemetery at Shrapnel Valley, walked up to Plugge's Plateau, Lone Pine, some of the Australian trenches, Johnston's Jolly, the top of the Sphynx, Walker's Ridge, The Nek, and Chunuk Bair. It was a great experience to see where everything happened, and it seems madness to have chosen that spot for an invasion.

From there we headed back to Eceabat for lunch.

Then it was a long afternoon of driving back to Istanbul.

Dinner at the hotel wasn't too bad, then back to do photos and recharge devices.