Tuesday 15 April

Because we did part of today's tour yesterday evening we looked around town this morning.On the waterfront is a big sculpture,  a relief map of the area and a lifesize diorama of soldiers in trenches. All very well done. We also walked along the breakwater so that I could dabble in the water.
We were collected at 9:45 and taken near Anzac Cove to the 2yr old Simulation Centre, where you move from room to room with movies, sound effects and moving floors to tell the story fom the Turkish perspective.  There was so much happen in 1914 that we aren't told about. There is a small museum there too. We went back to the hotel for lunch,  amd met our one extra passenger.  Now we are 3 we went in a minibus-being off sesson is good.
We went to a number of Anzac sites and shown original photos to explain the situations. The seats are being installed ready for 25th - glad we won't be there.  We found the 2 Yendon soldiers and came away with a deeper knowledge of why they lost their lives.
Back to the hotel,  and it was only the 3 of us going back to Istanbul and we were there by 21:00 (2hrs earlier than planned).