beer icky ooch (bir...iki...üç) is pretty much all the turkish learned this trip...that and chai (tea)...not much of a challenge there :)
on day iki we hit it hard...we piled into the rental car and off we went....this pic is taken from the overlook...this is joce and byron's neighborhood...crazy huh?
the diversity in the neighbors is quite incredible...ex pats...balloon pilots...and local yocals...
i love this pic
our first stop on the official tour was one of the many churches...the ruins are really impressive...
leggy and haakon are once again visiting sites already seen...good sports!
haakon's current love/obsession is xmen...he is sporting his homemade wolverine "claws"...love the dynamic that this brings our tour...ancient christian church and the wolverine...what more could one want...
a trip to the market in Ürgüp makes for a great people watch...
holy garlic batman...
i really like this shot...the "auntie" in the pic has just purchased a new flag and is checking it out...
after the market stop...which included a stop at the regular grocery store and a quick trip to the carpet shop for joce...we headed out to a site near mustafapasa (sobesos an ancient roman city)...the story with this is a little nuts...in the 60s a the farmer who owns the land found some "stuff" while working the earth and wrote the government to tell them...for 40 years he wrote...in 2002 someone finally came out to see what he had...the story goes that when they showed up he had a roman column holding up the corner of his porch...quite the find...this is a pic of the roman baths...
roman mosaic
a church was built on top of the roman floors...oh the layers and oh the stories they hold...
we hit the rode and come up on this group of gals...the truck is a "king" cab (okay that seems imposible but truth is being told) and so there are 5 more ladies being driven by a man in the front...i couldn't resist! i have to tell you that i had to work hard for this shot...being sneaky when the people you are trying to sneak up on are watching is tough going...
out next stop was the hidden valley. over the past 9 days there have been several golden byron one liners...the shutter caught this one...(joce it was about the potato)...i love these people...so genuinely funny...
the hidden valley is owned by a couple and they have opened it up for the public to enjoy...it is a site for weddings and other events...a great stop...
here is mrs. hidden valley...we are in a large cave that has been set up in a living room like setting with several seating areas....notice the chai set up on the left...i ended up buying a pot...the lindbloom-larsen's will be brewing turkish tea in a few days...
a couple of cups of chai and a little time with mr. hidden valley...and we are off for the next stop on byron tours....
imagination valley (deverent) for our next stop...the fairy chimneys are uniquely shaped...animals etc.
a great stop...
more fairy chimneys...do not remember the location for these next pics...but it was huge fun...
love these kiddos...
the j-p adventure...have enjoyed following this crew over the past 9 days...
not sure what i am looking at...
we climbed to the top of the hill and did some climbing and playing...i love this picture...we are making shadow art on the white stone...hee hee...a little kung fu fighting...super ninja lindbloom in action...
good times...good friends and classic haakster...
hungry are we...so with hit the big town of göreme for pide and other yummy turkish treats...after dinner we hit the stores and i did a last round of shopping...i scored some a few terrific items...
there have been a few daily occurrences on this trip...multiple glasses of chai...coke zero...at least one shower...some days two (heat and seeing the sights grime)...and popsicles...i wonder how many limon max popsicles were consumed by the mini jps this year?
day three brings more sights and good fun...
kir
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