Most of this day was spent in transit to Edirne, the second Capital of Ottoman Empire near the Greek border. After locating accommodations, we spend the evening wandering around the exteriors of this towns 3 noteworthy 500+ year old mosques.
Today Edirne is a town of 120,000+ with an agricultural base, feels much more authentic when compared to Istanbul (12 million + people).
Day 6
Although we haven’t found dirt cheep lodging yet, we got a great deal on some tomatoes today. Only 35 cents a pound for excellent, vine ripened, locally grown, beefsteak style tomatoes.
Tasty hearty bread
Horsy got new shoes!!! Made of recycled car tires, much better for walking around town.
Ottoman head stones were traditionally topped with some form of a turban.
Eski Cami, a many dome and column style mosque built in 1414, reminiscent of Cordoba in Spain.
Muradiye Camii 1436
Day 7
Travelled to Bergama (Pergamum) only 9 hours on the bus. Landscape changed from rolling grass lands and sunflower fields north of the Sea of Marmara, to wooded hills, across the Dardanelles straight and finally to rocky steep scrub land next to the ocean, just like parts of Greece, Italy and Croatia.
Travelled to Bergama (Pergamum) only 9 hours on the bus. Landscape changed from rolling grass lands and sunflower fields north of the Sea of Marmara, to wooded hills, across the Dardanelles straight and finally to rocky steep scrub land next to the ocean, just like parts of Greece, Italy and Croatia.
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