Third Day: Gallipoli and the legendary battles

I came to Gelibolu after a long waiting in Erikli as it was raining cats and dogs for more then six hours. However, when I reached to Gelibolu it was a normal summer weather with sun and high temperature.

Gelibolu Harbour where you can find fresh fish from fishermen

I had requested a place to stay from some couch hosts but nobody answered me till that time. So I had to find a hotel to stay. Hotel Istanbul at the center was a nice choice with its price, clean rooms and friendly stuff. I also made them arrange my Gallipoli tour for the next day. Because I didn't want to spend time. After a short while, everything was ready and booked for the next day. I went to my room, took a shower, changed my clothes and went out to explore the town and have dinner. But before dinner, I decided to have a turkish coffee at the harbour, while watching the sunset. My dinner was, as expected, fish in bread with salgam juice which was fresh and delicious. Gelibolu is not a big town, so it took only a little time for me to walk around and see what's going on. When I came back to my room, I was ready for the next day.

In the morning while I was having my breakfast, Gurol, one of the couch hosts sent me a mail saying that I can stay at his place. He also wrote his phone number. I called him directly and we decided to meet at the evening after my tour. He was also hosting two Australian guys who came here by biking and the next day I supposed to move to his place. With the relief of finding a place and to be able to stay at Gelibolu for another 1 or 2 nights, I joined the tour from Kilitbayir where I went with a minibus from Gelibolu. The tour took me at 10am and left back at 5pm. Between this seven hours, we travelled all around the Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Peninsula, saw the remainings, cemetaries, monuments and places of the Canakkale battle. I felt like the soil was living with the death bodies of those soldiers who lost their lives for different reasons. The history was so strong and obvious that nobody could sit by. Turkish soldiers were the winner but what I understood was there were no winners at that fields but only death. It's still very normal for the local people to find human bones while they are digging the land for plantation.

Turkish cemetary

an Australian cemetary

New Zealander monument

During all this history of death, on our lunch time, I could find a traditonal taste belonging to Gallipoli; cheese desert which made me refresh my hope for mankind:)

two different kinds of cheese desert famous around Canakkale region
It's recommended to be eaten with ice cream

I was really tired and sleepy on my way back to Gelibolu. I decided to sleep a while and then write my blog. But things didn't happen that way. Gurol called me and added me to their plan for the night which I also wanted to be involved. So I had my shower and went out again to meet with new people.