More Turkey: The Road to Cappadocia
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Last day in Instanbul: The Hagia Sophia. Maybe not as impressive from the outside as the Blue Mosque, but such a historic building. |
So we drove for a couple of days in a rented Fiat Sienna. Sometimes the road was good...and sometimes it kind of went away. Everyone we met along the way was friendly. |
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Our "cave" pension room. Carved right out of a fairy chimney tufa formation; and $10 a person. We stayed for almost a week. |
The scenic shots really lose something. I guess you'll just have to go there yourself. The best way I can describe the region is like Zion Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Mesa Verde, a Bavarian village, and Disneyland, all melded into one. I think some of Star Wars was filmed here. |
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That is the window of our "cave." |
We enjoyed daily hikes, and were sometimes joined by a Dalmation named Spotty who lived at another pension. (No pictures of him here; wouldn't want to make Kismet jealous). This is the kind of thing we saw each day. |
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The food was good; the fruits and vegetables were bursting with flavor. Here is Jesse squeezing us some fresh orange juice. |
Jesse made friends wherever we went. This is his buddy from the carpet store next to our pension. Yes, we did end up buying a couple of carpets. |
