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Richard and Jude's travels continued... It’s been 165 days since we departed Sydney, sometimes it’s seems like more, sometimes less but today we are heading out of Turkey into our next country Greece! But before we do so we had one dutiful Australian thing to do and that was to visit the ANZAC Gallipoli memorial. Before we caught the RORO ferry across the Dardanelles Strait and headed to ANZAC cove we checked out THE Trojan horse in Canakkale. Most Australians will know the significance of Gallipoli where thousands of Australians, New Zealanders, other commonwealth forces and Turks died during WWI. The battlefields remain protected and very well kept with the trenches still visible and the many graves of fallen soldiers from all nations are honored with the many memorial sites on this peninsular. It’s truly heart wrenching to see the ages of these young lads so many in their early twenties. Will humanity ever learn? The following is attributed to the Turkish Chief of Staff, Atatürk (Mustafa Kemal) of the conflict. Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives ... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours ... You, the mothers who sent their sons from faraway countries, wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well. #blackdogride #mentalhealthmotorbike
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