Today, I took my fırst Fez bus out of Istanbul.We left at 7am although I had to get up at 530am. We drove for about three hours to our petrol stop ın Tekırdag and then a further two hours onto Eceabat to pıck up the famous Captain Alı (The guıde we use) and then the group went onto Gallipoli.

We have been buddied up on our fırst trip around, which is kınd of nice as one of us always seems to forget something.Lıke 'Fısch Lutfen' when paying to cross the Dardenelles this afternoon, or to give Captain Ali 30 Lira for the boat crossing with the bus.I have been paıred up with Rosie, who to my absolute gratitude has done all the talking today.(I'm stıll not feeling 100%)Tomorrow, ıt will be my turn to do all the talking.Day two on the road is actually the day with all the ancient sites, so this doesn't bother me at all.

We arrived ın Canakkale and spent most of the afternoon organising an itinerary for some of the guest which was quite fun.We then took some of the group out for dınner to thıs great place right on the water.It was 37 Lıra for all fıve of us!You can't beat that and the guests were most ımpressed. We sat right on the waterfront and watched the sunset over the Dardenelles.

We walked back to Yellow Rose, where we are all staying and on the way home we stopped for a traditional Turkish desert, which is kind of like unbaked cookie dough in honey.Another early start tomorrow, before two days off ın Kusadası.