garrison beau scott

One of the drawbacks to not reading your guidebooks, is the possibility you might miss an important bit of information regarding the places you are going to end up visiting. Case in point, had I read anything about Troja, other than it was “further afield,” I would have realized it was the Summer Palace, emphasis on Summer. And this being November, which isn’t a summer month, Troja would be closed.

So this is all the farther I got to seeing the palace. The front gates.

But this wouldn’t be the last I’d see of Troja, fate would have it’s influence on me yet, I’d just have to wait a few more months to understand that.