Ankara Pit Stop

Leaving behind chilling Bolu, we made a quick stop into the Turkish capital of Ankara to visit Ataturk's mausoleum. G tours used to run and overnight in Ankara, but apparently that changed with the bombings in 2016.

Our visit felt quite short to walk down Lions Alley, visit the museum and Ataturk's mausoleum itself. Lions Alley gave us a few nice views over the city. The museum exhibits opposite the mausoleum are skippable, as the main attraction is the museum that surrounds the mausoleum itself.

We stared in wonder at the war recreations while audio tracks added to our imaginations and then blitzed through the rest of the place. I actually didn't get time to see the mausoleum itself, but did catch part of the changing of the guard.

After leaving Ankara, we stopped at MODA for Turkish ice cream called Dondurum. It's supposed to be so thick and chewy you needed a knife and fork to eat it. Delicious though not chewy, just very thick and creamy. We would later have more of this ice cream but in the form of a cone.Read more