So, Turkey has been one of my favorite places so far! It’s really beautiful and interesting, and the city is huge…more to see and do than we had time for. The food is so good, the people were nice, it felt exotic but comfortable…good qualities for a city. We wound up spending three days in Istanbul, then we rented a car and drove out to Cappadocia, which was amazing. One of the most beautiful and weird places I’ve seen.
I’ve seen more mosques at this point in my life than I ever thought I would..
The markets are awesome, they even have ducks! I wanted one.
Roadtrip! Nine hour drive. Fortunately, it was pretty.
Our car! Thank god for a/c.
The cave hotel we stayed at…almost everything in Goreme is carved into the rocks.
The view at breakfast.
Inside the Goreme Open Air Museum…if I had paid the $5 to rent the audio guide I could tell you exactly what this is…but since I didn’t we’ll just say it is some early Christian cave art.
The sunset was pretty perfect.
Another day trekking around. We went to Derinkuyu, an underground city in Nevsehir.
Pretty cool/creepy.
And then…these rocks! The Ferry Chimneys.
Another beautiful sunset.
And another week is gone. Turkey is definitely another place that I’d be happy to revisit. We’re back in Czech right now, headed to Brno for a few days, then hopefully Austria, then to meet my friend Kelly in southern Italy for a week. After that I’ll have two weeks to fill before heading to Iceland! Not sure where I should go yet, decisions decisions…