Saturday morning, Turkish National Victory Day: for the first time in the 28 year history of the race, it has been postponed due to weather. Gale force winds are whipping through here today. They think they will be able to hold it Monday. Chuck and I are weighing our options, while Nate seems ready to abandon mission due to time constraints. He has to drive back to Ravda, pack up for end of season, perform some bureaucratic chore, then fly out on Wednesday. Understandable.
Swimtrek is putting on a 3km fun swim along a protected segment of the Asia shoreline in Canakkale this morning, and we will participate in that. They will also follow through on the post race dinner tonight in town.
As for tourism, yesterday the Troy visit was quite exciting (for me anyway), as even though the site holds no single architectural marvel, the layers of uncovered history spanning 3500 years are quite compelling, especially when they're capably overlaid with the story of Heinrich Schliemann and. of course, the Iliad, by a passionate guide such as our Erdem (aka Adam). "Was the Trojan horse real or a myth? You decide."
We dined al fresco on the Hellespont bank last night at a fish restaurant just down the street from the hotel. There was a spectacular wedding going on, but we were allowed to eat with the general public in a side section and ogle the proceedings. The western-gowned bride (maybe we saw her Thursday in Sultanahmet?), the band, the female vocalist/dancer, the traditional men dancers, and the salsa dancers (yes, salsa cubana) were all top notch by any standard.
Thinking about going to Ephesus tomorrow.
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