Keşan and our journey out of Turkey

Keşan

Keşan is a charming town located in the Edirne Province of northwestern Turkey. It’s known for its rich history and natural beauty. Keşan offers both cultural and natural attractions.

Keşan has a castle and you can also visit traditional Turkish markets. The town is also famous for its olive oil production.

We had arranged to meet our friends ‘The Harris’s’ who we had travelled with back in April when we were still in the early days of our time in Turkey.

Our park up was just a car park which we had to pay for although we did get it slightly cheaper as we were 2 vans.

It was lovely to catch up with them again. That evening we made food in the vans together and didn’t actually go into town.

Their children made some friends with some local children and were playing with them. We got chatting to the mum of one of the children. She lived in a house that was very close and invited all of us for breakfast in the morning! This is typical of Turkish hospitality.

In the morning I did yoga with The Harris’s, after all they were the ones that got me back into yoga and introduced me to the Down dog app. https://www.downdogapp.com/

Then it was time for our Turkish breakfast, Mervee, the lady who invited us came to get us all.

We were all overwhelmed by the hospitality of someone we had met randomly in a car park the night before. Both Mervee and her husband went to so much trouble to welcome us into their home. They made the perfect Turkish breakfast and Mervee was just a few weeks away from giving birth to her 2nd child.

Edirne

We said goodbye to The Harris’s and to Mervee and her husband and headed to Edirne, our last destination in Turkey.

Edirne is a historical city in northwestern Turkey, near the Greek and Bulgarian borders. It’s known for it’s cultural and architectural heritage. It’s renowned for its stunning Selimiye Mosque, a UNESCO World Heritage site, designed by the great Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan in the 16th century

Edirne was once the capital of the Ottoman Empire, before Istanbul. You can also visit Edirne Palace and the Grand Bazaar.

We arrived at Edirne in the afternoon and it was very hot, too hot to go anywhere or do anything. We had to sit in the shade and wait until the evening when it cooled down a bit.

You can see us below with the famous mosque behind us.

We then went to see the mosque both inside and outside.

In the morning we went to look at the Grand Bazaar. We also realised that we had no internet .

The SIM card we had bought when we arrived had run out! It was supposed to be for 90 days and we were only on day 87! This meant finding a place with Wi-Fi we could use so we could navigate our way out of Turkey. We went to a hotel and ordered a coffee which we had sitting outside and used their Wi-Fi . When we went to pay we were told there was no charge. We couldn’t believe it! This was so poignant as we were about to leave Turkey and this was the last act of kindness and hospitality we received from the Turkish people.

It was with great sadness that we headed out of Turkey. Such a beautiful country with such kind, generous people who welcomed us into their country and their homes. We will definitely be going back one day. There is still so much we haven’t seen.

Thank you Turkey.

On to the Bulgarian border. Our next post will be the start of our time in Bulgaria.

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