Despite an abbreviated week due to our three-day weekend in Istanbul, we had a full schedule of outside activities planned for this week. With visits to the Ankara Citadel (mostly dating to the Roman and Byzantine periods, though parts of it predate and postdate that), the first Turkish Grand National Assembly building (dating to the first days of the republic and the backdrop to a famous picture of Ataturk seen all over town), and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (housed in an old Ottoman caravansaray and featuring a number of items from the various Hittite excavations around the country), our cultural excursions took us on a whirlwind tour of the various periods of Anatolia's history. While each of the trips was very interesting and enjoyable (no unscheduled detours this time), I don't have much in the way of narration and will save my energy to recount the big trip to Istanbul that has overshadowed the previous week in my memory. For now, enjoy the pictures!
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