Our second stop in Turkey, the Otel Iris, outside of Canakkale...
Not sure if you can see the mosaic up there--2 sad lovers in a boat. Probably meant to be Helen and Paris, as Canakkale is the staging point for visits to both Troy and Gallipoli. TheDardanelles are also the spot where Leander would nightly swim across to meet his gal Hero--the swim Lord Byron imitated later, for his own
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