{"id":312,"date":"2014-08-10T17:19:49","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T17:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2023-10-27T22:26:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:26:23","slug":"crossing-the-dardenelles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/?p=312","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Dardenelles"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"312\" class=\"elementor elementor-312\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11359ed e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11359ed\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f371c66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f371c66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.17.0 - 01-11-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tWe met at the conference center early this morning to load the nice coach bus for our trip to Mt. Ida. To get there we crossed the Dardenelles, and the point of departure was\u00a0\u00c7anakkale, or Gallipoli. The city has one side in Europe and one shore in Asia. We were crossing from Europe to Asia this morning.\n\nThere was no time to visit any of the memorial sites for this battle of WWI.\u00a0\u00c7anakkale is a busy point of departure. We had a lunch in a restaurant with a lovely view, and then the big bus drove onto the ferry for the 30 minute crossing. Ferries with cars, buses, and trucks of all sizes make the crossing every thirty minutes, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-bIqpoNouDJk\/U-e_TXK37SI\/AAAAAAAAyqk\/MKVPsRR78a8\/s1600\/lunch+before+crossing+Dardanelles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/lunch-before-crossing-Dardanelles.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-F4-cIgZBN3Y\/U-e_QFfkIqI\/AAAAAAAAyqc\/vOGoZqWlbOg\/s1600\/trucks+on+ferry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/trucks-on-ferry.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\nI have never been on a ferry that could handle so many large vehicles. I am not sure where there is a single one in the states.\n<div class=\"separator\"><\/div>\n\u00c7anakkale has some\u00a0monuments\u00a0to the battle, and of course one to Ataturk, the founder of the Turkish Republic\u00a0who is pictured on all the money and has statues everywhere. There is no cynicism about Ataturk in Turkey, that I could detect, and I am not sure why there would be. Taking a country from a monarchy into a republic takes a strong leader.\n<div class=\"separator\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-SfLlhBehtLY\/U-e_OnwlpKI\/AAAAAAAAyqQ\/5yyIumhI2lc\/s1600\/Ataturk's+stature+in+Canakale.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Ataturks-stature-in-Canakale.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\nThe prodominant views out the window of the bus were of sunflower fields. There were many small towns with mediterranean style homes&#8211; tall with terra cotta roofs. The majority of the homes had at least one solar system on the roof, and many had two&#8211; one for water and one for electricity. The ridges had wind farms.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-nP5e-s0v8co\/U-e_KCJNNFI\/AAAAAAAAyp0\/tj7iU5HBLfQ\/s1600\/Mt+Ida+and+Zeus+Altar+039.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/graceffa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mt-Ida-and-Zeus-Altar-039.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n\nYay, Turkey.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We met at the conference center early this morning to load the nice coach bus for our trip to Mt. Ida. To get there we crossed the Dardenelles, and the point of departure was\u00a0\u00c7anakkale, or Gallipoli. The city has one side in Europe and one shore in Asia. 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