Through Tekirdag and Into Kesan

Stayed in Tekirdag last night, a city of 175,000 with a modern university and an attractive waterfront on the Marman Sea. Took a hotel because we are both fatigued from 50 mile days in heat. Today, crossed the top of the Gallipoli Peninsula, passing through really pretty farmland, to Kesan, near the border with Greece. Kesan is in an agricultural area that has been inhabited since the 30th century B.C. Almost no english is spoken here. The people are technically Turks but the Thracians, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantians, Bulgarians (several times), Venetians, Otomans have all been here. After WWI, when borders were drawn there was a trade and relocation of the areas Turkish Christians for Greek Muslims. I am listening to the call to prayer as I write this. Both road and drivers have been good, gas station C-stores are the same everywhere.Read more