tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563136033538910586.post6767613374542896845..comments2024-01-02T22:19:02.318+03:00Comments on Paris Ankara Express: There's a wonder of the world on my doorstep (well, not too far anyway).M and Shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990524219247428724noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563136033538910586.post-83528726273808414502010-09-22T16:17:49.630+03:002010-09-22T16:17:49.630+03:00I, too, love ancient ruins. There's something...I, too, love ancient ruins. There's something almost magical about places like that... where you feel this strange connection to the ancient past and, in some way, to all of humanity.<br /><br />Hopefully I'll get a chance some day to visit Turkey and check out their ancient sites!Stephen Watkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706597991293794033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563136033538910586.post-40510981024372436172010-09-16T13:20:16.708+03:002010-09-16T13:20:16.708+03:00Karen, you should visit Turkey. Especially if you&...Karen, you should visit Turkey. Especially if you're interested in seeing ancient sites! I think a lot of the history is well-known:People just don't realise it took place in Turkey! Did you know that Peter built the very first church here, and that Mary was brought to Turkey to die by John? That's bypassing all the ancient history that happened right here: after all, Constantinople was Greece.Sandrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229404784641370601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563136033538910586.post-30219328588525422382010-09-16T10:10:33.668+03:002010-09-16T10:10:33.668+03:00If I ever get to Greece or Israel, I hope to visit...If I ever get to Greece or Israel, I hope to visit Turkey as well. I love to walk in places whose ages are measured in centuries and millennia instead of years and decades. Thanks for giving us a glimpse of this amazing but relatively unknown part of world history.Karen Funk Blocherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.com