Pastoral scenery of Troy Yunluo was late for something and lost contact with Zhou Xiken. At that time, I didn't know the excavation layer during the Trojan War, and I foolishly looked for the wall of the "Priam Palace" where Schliemann discovered the treasure in the ruins. Haha, which wall?

Ancient city ruins Troy ancient city ruins Troy ancient city road Troy ancient city ruins Troy This is the restoration picture above, it still looks large. If Schliemann did not excavate, the ruins of Troy would not be discovered, and if Schliemann did not carry out destructive excavations, the ruins of Troy would not be damaged.

In a sense, Schliemann was "made by Homer and destroyed by Homer". Reconstruction of the ruins of Troy Among the entire ancient Troy ruins, only this small theater is relatively well preserved. Here, looking at the ruins of the ancient city, Yunluo asked Zhou Xiken, why did you let the Germans excavate Troy?

He said with great regret that the Ottoman government paid attention to the protection of the monuments on the ground, such as the Hagia Sophia, but ignored the protection of the underground cultural relics. Who would have thought that the ruins of Troy would actually be here? Zhou Xiken took out his mobile phone and showed Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi a few pictures and told Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi.

Many of the treasures excavated here are in German museums. One of the pictures shows Mrs. Schliemann wearing a gold crown excavated from the site. The crown has many long and short gold chains, rings and gold pieces, which are very exquisite. Zhou Xiken said that what she was wearing was a treasure from Turkey.

When Zhou Xiken was explaining to Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi, a group of students came to perform live in the ancient theater. The one wearing a plaid shirt was a teacher, and the plot was a bit like a love story like Romeo and Juliet. This live teaching method was very attractive to students and was worth learning from for Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi.

On-site teaching Troy On-site teaching Troy On-site teaching Troy Yunluo has loved ancient Greek mythology since childhood. In the past, Yunluo always thought that the story of the Trojan Horse was just a legend like the Greek gods. Today's on-site visit has made the myth and unofficial history have a basis.

Perhaps the Greek gods are the product of literature, but the various artifacts unearthed from the Trojan archaeological excavation are important evidence of the contact and integration of Asia Minor and Mediterranean civilization. It is said that Homer was born in today's Turkey, and most of the contents of Homer's epic took place in Turkey.

The Hollywood blockbuster "Troy" that is popular all over the world is adapted from Homer's epic "Iliad". 5. Accommodation in Canakkale Leave the ruins of the ancient city of Troy. Yunluo and Nalanshiqi drove to Canakkale. This is the Dardanelles. Yunluo and Nalanshiqi will enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Dardanelles tomorrow.

Dardanelles Canakkale Hotel where Yunluo and Naranshiqi stayed. Hotel where Yunluo and Naranshiqi stayed Canakkale bathroom Canakkale room interior Canakkale Hotel is a buffet, the desserts here are quite good, especially the light yellow one. Buffet Canakkale Buffet Canakkale Along the way, Yunluo and Naranshiqi stayed in the suburbs.

Today I was in the city. I went for a walk in the evening and passed by a small clothing store where locals shopped. The prices were very cheap, 20 lira for a long skirt, and the quality was pretty good. You can't buy it at this price in China, so I bought it quickly. After returning home, I regretted not buying more.

Street view of Canakkale Street view of Canakkale Because Zhou Xiken arranged for Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi to go to Troy yesterday, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi can go directly to Istanbul today. In the afternoon, they can visit Hagia Sophia, the Old Palace, the Blue Mosque, and the Basilica Cistern. Tomorrow's itinerary will be very easy.

This was just Yunluo and Nalanshiqi's plan. In this beautiful morning, no one could have imagined that today's journey was destined to be a difficult journey. 1. Difficult journey. Çanakkale is located on the east bank of the Dardanelles Strait and at the mouth of the Koca River. It is the capital of Çanakkale Province in Turkey, with a population of about 100,000.

Çanakkale was built in the 15th century. It was originally the Sultaniya Fortress used by the Ottoman Empire to control the strait, and it still has the function of controlling the strait. During the First World War, the British and French alliance attempted to force their way through the Dardanelles and then occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, but in nearly 11 months of fighting.

131,000 people died and 262,000 were injured. It ended in failure, and Turkey called it the Battle of Çanakkale. Çanakkale is also the largest fish canning center in Turkey. Most of the city buildings in Çanakkale are not high. Yunluo and Nalanshiqi's hotels are high-rise buildings. The restaurant is on the top floor, which is a good place to watch the city.

Do you see the road below? Last night, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi took a walk along this road. However, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi are definitely not brave. Last night, when Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were still having dinner, the photographer went out alone. She also walked along this road.

Because she was alone and worried about getting lost, she didn't turn and walked straight forward until she reached the coast of the Dardanelles. It was already past 10 o'clock when she came back. She was a brave lone traveler. Overlooking the city of Çanakkale Overlooking the city of Çanakkale Overlooking the city of Çanakkale Yunluo and Naran Seqi walked along the coast of the Dardanelles to the ferry.

The Dardanelles Strait is located between the Gallipoli Peninsula in Europe and the Asia Minor continent in Asia. It is one of the dividing lines between Europe and Asia. It is often called the Turkish Strait together with the Sea of ​​Marmara and the Bosporus Strait. It is part of the famous Turkish Straits. The Dardanelles Strait is at the port of Canakkale.

Yunluo and Nalanshiqi are still looking at the Asian continent. Seaside sculpture Dardanelles Ferry Dardanelles Asian Coast Dardanelles The Dardanelles is 61 kilometers long and 1.5 kilometers wide. It connects the Aegean Sea in the west and the Sea of ​​Marmara in the east. It is the gateway from the Mediterranean to Istanbul and the Black Sea.

It has always been of great strategic and economic importance, and also of great international political significance. The average water depth of the Dardanelles is 55 meters, and the deepest part in the middle is 82 meters. In the strait, the currents flow in opposite directions. The surface current is the current with less salinity flowing from the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea.

The lower layer is a current with a higher salinity flowing from the Aegean Sea to the Black Sea, and there is also an undercurrent at the bottom. Due to the deep water level, it is convenient for large-tonnage ships to pass through. The Dardanelles Strait is navigable all year round, with an average of more than 100 ships passing through every day. The sea and sky are one color. The scenery of the Dardanelles Strait. The scenery of the Dardanelles Strait.

The Dardanelles Strait is composed of relatively soft limestone and sandstone, which has been eroded by wind and rain. The terrain has become flat. European Coast Dardanelles Strait European Coast Dardanelles Strait European Coast There is still some distance from the Asian coast to the European coast. Everyone took pictures on the boat for fun.

Zhou Xiken embraces the sea on the ferry in the Dardanelles. Can you recognize who this "girl" with a red headscarf is? Let's guess. Everyone is happy to see the "Turkish girl" in the Dardanelles. Zhou Xiken is not left behind in admiring the Dardanelles. He puts a red headscarf on his head.

A few Turkish guys kept hanging around Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi in the Dardanelles. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi never understood their intentions. Finally, the first guy on the right couldn't help it. He took the initiative to take a photo with Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi, leaving many friendly memories.

Photographing the Strait In front of the Dardanelles is the European continent, and Yunluo and Nalanshiqi are going to Europe. Looking at Europe from a distance Dardanelles European coast Dardanelles European coast Dardanelles When Yunluo and Nalanshiqi contacted the travel agency, the first draft of the itinerary was not to cross the Dardanelles.

Instead, we took a boat from Canakkale through the Sea of ​​Marmara and went directly to the port of Istanbul. This arrangement is definitely better than crossing the strait. Because there are many famous castles on both sides of the Dardanelles, you can enjoy the scenery along the way, and taking a boat is more comfortable than taking a car. But in order to add more attractions to the second draft itinerary.

Yunluo and Nalanshiqi gave up the boat ride, but the rest of the journey proved that they were wrong. This is a rest stop after landing at the Dardanelles Strait, the European ferry. Yunluo and Nalanshiqi were supposed to have lunch here. But it was Turkish food again, so the kind-hearted Zhou Xiken asked for everyone's opinions and decided to go to Istanbul for Chinese food.

It was almost 11 in the morning, Zhou Xiken said that they would arrive in more than two hours, and everyone was full of hope. Yunluo had blisters on the corners of his mouth due to inflammation, and it had not improved. He took a bag of medicine to clear the heat last night, and started to have diarrhea today. Who knew that he would encounter another difficult journey, which was too tragic.

Rapeseed flowers are in full bloom on the roadside during the journey. The rapeseed flowers in my hometown have already bloomed. Although the maximum temperature is similar, the solar term here is later than that in my hometown. Late-blooming rapeseed flowers. This place is close to Istanbul during the journey. There are small villas on the roadside, which seem more prosperous than those on the Anatolian Plateau.

Roadside Villa During the Journey Roadside Villa During the Journey Just when Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were rejoicing that they were going to Istanbul, there was a traffic jam outside Istanbul. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were stuck in a long river of cars. They could neither go forward nor backward for more than 5 hours, with no place to eat lunch or go to the bathroom.

For ordinary people, it is just to endure hunger. But Yunluo had to endure the discomfort in his stomach, which was really unbearable. Even to the location in the picture below, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi still drove for about two hours. At this time, they thought about taking a boat to Istanbul. Not only is the scenery along the way good, but the key is that there is no traffic jam, which can save a lot of time.

Oh! It was a difficult journey. Zhou Xiken kept saying anxiously, it’s not Yunluo’s fault! It’s not Yunluo’s fault! Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi knew it was not his fault. The domestic itinerary had been set long ago, and the itinerary designer had not taken traffic jams into account. Street view of Istanbul After entering the city, we finally rushed out of the traffic and solved the problem of going to the bathroom, but we still hadn’t eaten.

Yunluo and Nalanshiqi were so greedy when they saw the people barbecuing on the roadside. At this time, Yunluo and Nalanshiqi had already seen the Marmara Sea, and the coast was full of people relaxing. Citizens relaxing on the shore of the Marmara Sea Istanbul Turkish people who like to barbecue Istanbul Istanbul is surrounded by the sea on three sides.

Surrounded by the Sea of ​​Marmara, the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus, it is the only city in the world that straddles the Eurasian continent. Its superior geographical location makes it so brilliant that some people compare it to the beauty Helen in the Trojan myth, but of course that was the fate of being fought over. As early as the 7th century BC

The leader of the Megarian tribe, Byzas, took the lead in building the city of Byzantium on the high ground of the Bosporus Strait. In 330 AD, the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great ambitiously expanded the city five times and named it "Constantinople" as the capital. In 395 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire was called the Byzantine Empire.

The Eastern and Western Roman Empires were completely divided. More than 200 years later, during the reign of Emperor Justinian of the Byzantine Empire, the country was very powerful and Constantinople developed into an international metropolis. In 1453, the Ottomans captured Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire came to an end, and Constantinople was renamed Istanbul.

As the capital of the Ottoman Empire until the early 20th century, various political forces that entered Turkey over the past thousands of years have brought about earth-shaking changes in Istanbul's culture, architecture, religion and even living habits, forming its own characteristics in the process of integration. Today, Istanbul has become an international metropolis with a population of 12 million.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

But in this thousand-year-old capital, there are breathtaking monuments everywhere, and the beautiful scenery makes people linger. The ancient monuments of Istanbul took Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi nearly 9 hours from 8:30 in the morning to almost 5 in the afternoon before they arrived near the Blue Mosque, ending the difficult journey, and they hadn't eaten lunch yet.

Zhou Xiken had to give up letting Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi eat Chinese food, and solved the hunger problem in a nearby small restaurant, and then went to the main scenic spot of the old city-Sultanahmet District. Blue Mosque Arrived at Istanbul Scenic Street It was late in Istanbul, and today we could only visit Hagia Sophia and Blue Mosque.

2. Self-funded attractions Hagia Sophia Cathedral is the most famous local monument. Travel agencies in various countries will definitely list them as self-funded projects: Table Mountain in South Africa, Versailles Palace in France, Kremlin, Summer Palace, Catherine Palace Garden in Russia, which seems not expensive from the perspective of group fees.

It is good for attracting tourists. However, if you have already arrived at the destination and do not see the beautiful scenery within reach, it will be a lifelong regret. Therefore, tourists must pay for the tour at their own expense, and travel agencies often add additional fees. This seems to have become an unwritten rule. Turkey is no exception. It is just gentler than Russia.

The itinerary provided by the travel agency only allowed Yunluo and Nalanshiqi to see the exterior of Hagia Sophia. Entering Hagia Sophia and the off-itinerary attraction Dolmabahceh New Palace had to be paid for by themselves, which was much higher than the entrance fee. When they were in China, Yunluo and Nalanshiqi anticipated this situation and said that they were willing to pay for the tickets themselves as long as they could visit.

I hope to be exempted from other expenses. The domestic travel agency agreed at the time, but wrote a bad check. The travel agency here does not recognize it. Zhou Xiken told Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi that he dare not break the company's rules and can only follow their company's rules. The underground water palace is not a tourist attraction on the itinerary because the company has no rules.

Yunluo and Nalanshiqi can buy their own tickets without any extra charge. He will be a tour guide for Yunluo and Nalanshiqi for free. After discussing it, they decided not to embarrass Zhou Xiken, so they just followed their company's rules. Hagia Sophia is a representative building in Istanbul, and it witnessed the city's name from Byzantium to Constantinople.

The entire history of Istanbul, which eventually became what it is today, is a dazzling treasure and one of the most exquisite buildings in the world. In the 17th century, someone proposed the "Seven Wonders of the World", and Hagia Sophia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Medieval World. Hagia Sophia was a church for 916 years.

It was then used as a mosque for 481 years, and since 1935, it has been used as a religious museum, called Hagia Sophia Museum. Hagia Sophia is a representative work of Byzantine architecture, and its outstanding achievement lies in the creation of a complex arch structure balance system centered on the dome on the sail buttress.

It is also the only mosque in the world that was converted from a temple to a church and then from a church to a mosque. Hagia Sophia was built by Constantine the Great in 330 AD, but was burned down twice in riots. In 532 AD, the Byzantine Emperor Justinian ordered the reconstruction of Hagia Sophia.

The church was required to be larger and more magnificent than the previous one, and famous physicists and mathematicians of the time were selected to oversee the construction. The emperor transported materials from all over the empire to Constantinople, such as the ancient Greek columns of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, porphyry from Egypt, and green marble from Israel.

Black stone from the Bosphorus and yellow stone from Syria. It is said that more than 10,000 people took part in the construction, 32 tons of gold were used, and it took six years to decorate the church. The new church showed the extraordinary creativity of the architect and was immediately recognized as the most important building.

Since then, Hagia Sophia has been the Byzantine Orthodox court church until Mehmed II converted it into a mosque. It can be said that Hagia Sophia is the highest masterpiece that best demonstrates the honor of the Orthodox Church and Byzantine architecture, and also bears traces of traditional Roman architecture and oriental art.

It also provided a model of Ottoman style for its successors. In order to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Muhammad ordered the removal of the altar, Christian icons and relics in the church, covered the mosaics with plaster, built a Koran reading platform inside the building, and built four tall minarets around it, which was extraordinary.

Hagia Sophia Istanbul Entering the courtyard on the west side of Hagia Sophia, the first thing that comes into view is this Islamic-style cleaning pavilion. According to the rules of Muslims visiting mosques, believers must wash their feet and hands before they can worship. Cleansing Pavilion Istanbul Hagia Sophia has four Islamic-style minarets located at the four corners of the church. (To be continued...)