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 Gordion may have been the capital city of the Phrygians, but this valley held their most sacred temple. This is labeled on the map as King Midas’ tomb as well, because some of the inscriptions mention King Midas, but he is not believed to have been laid to rest here. Phrygian road Another beautiful day, we drove [... The Phrygians – Part II]  Pots in the Gordion museum's garden. Gordion – Not far from Ankara is a sleepy little village that houses a citadel and tomb of an ancient Anatolian people, called the Phrygians. Who were the Phrygians? I honestly thought I had never heard of them, but discovered that their most famous king was none other than King Midas. [... The Phriggin’ Phrygians–Part I]  Turkish woman collecting wild spinach within the ruins of Hattusa. We took a driving trip to Hattusa to visit the ancient capital of the Hittites. I never expected to have so much rain during the Turkish springtime. When we arrived last September everything was brown, brown, brown, and it stayed that way for a long time. [... Hiking Hattusa]  Before moving to Asia, I never really considered an eggplant worth eating. I had had the occasional moussaka, but other than that it was completely lacking from my diet. Apparently in many parts of the world, it was reputed to drive people insane and was called the “mad apple”. Now, I think it should be [... The Fabulous Eggplant!] Please, tell me why we would even try to start anything when I’m moving across continents? We began this blog when we were actually living in the hotel, after giving up our apartment in Daegu. After a few entries, we headed on our summer journey to Mongolia, Beijing, the U.S., Canada, and ended [... Back on the Blog Wagon] |
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