18th-19th April 2015
Alexandroupoli was a nice city to spend the night however the great part of the motel being right in the city centre also turned out to be the worst thing about it as well. The noise of the city combined with noisy neighbours and some nerves about crossing the border made for a restless night sleep for both of us.
The border crossing turned out to be easy and only took about 1/2 an hour. That included 1 Greek passport check and 4 Turkish passport/Visa/ insurance/rego/green card checks. It also included having to do a u-turn in the middle of no-man's-land to retrieve one of Maurice's gloves.
The weather changed a fair bit today as well especially once we got across the border it became very windy.
Once we arrived into Eceabat we were surrounded by Australians who are on the cruise ships, there are thousands of them and no that isn't an exaggeration.
Some photo's from the permanent display/memorial they have near the ferry terminal in Eceabat.
Today (19th) we went on our Gallipoli tour. A half day tour of the ANZAC sites. The place is absolutely packed and apparently today was a quiet day compared to what it has been over the past week or so. Preparations for ANZAC day are in full swing. The tour itself was great and only spoilt by the freezing weather.
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| Brighton Beach, where we were suppose to land. |
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