Edessa Pretty Cool

We crossed the Euphrates today.

We are now in Mesopotamia.










Current events.





We stopped for lunch in the town we'd stay in later that night: Edessa, the key northern stronghold during the Crusades.








Looming over town are the remains of their massive fortress.





Since they loom over, it's a bit of a hike to get up to where the walls are, but it was worth it.

















Edessa is also the city where the Muslims believe Abraham was born; the central park below the fortress has the grotto where he was born, and a pool named for him. You can't catch the fish that live there, but you can feed them.









Abraham's pool.