Thursday, July 24, 2008

Goreme, Turkey

Fairy Chimneys, incredible rock formations and this was just the start
Cave houses, homes dug out of the stone

Inside a cave Church, amazing frescos through this tour.

Just want to take a religious history course when we get home, the information & history was very interesting to say the least. 
These have survived for over a century and if I had my notes it might be 2 centuries

I think I will take up potery when I get back there is god money to be made I hear

A pro at work after he got a quick lesson from me

Just before we had a walk through of our potential new cave.  unfortunately there was no ensuite so Pave' said no to this one


Can you see the hand?

How about the Camel or duck or ?


Some more rocks looking like mushrooms

How this for a balancing act of nature

It was a bit difficult to get up here. in fact our guide said anyone want to try, no takers except me and then the flood gates opened and all the jocks had to do it as well because once I got through anyone could make it.  Another of those big person in a small person world good thing the lard helped grease the walls.

I don't know what it is but the men can't stay away from Pave'.  Pave' got a gift from tis artist because she could not break one of his vases by standing on it.  It didn't brake when he dropped it either.  He would not let her leave until she made a purchase and kept reducing price until she said OK.  MAybe we should have got a 500E bowl and sent it home but we didn't just a small olive bowl that we will use often.

this is an ancient wine carafe design, you put your arm through the centre and then pour.  It will take this person about 2 weeks to complete the design with all the different colours.  we were told this is the only shop that is allowed to reproduce this design, two pieces each year.


Early condo settlement

A ghost town of cave homes

A little belly dancing at a meal out.

The head is actually the persons arms and the eyes are at the mouth level very odd dance this was

Just enjoying our meal and the show.


A passage way from one home to another

Ok There were cave houses but this was an underground city and we only saw about 20% of the colony.  Our tour group down under 
Is it small enough?

Hell I let someone bigger go ahead of me although if he got stuck I wouldn't have been able to back up

Size difference again at the front door.

Our room for our last meal in Goreme.  what a meal it was very simple and plain, the spice are in the little pots on the table for personal seasoning

the view from our Cave hotel where we had breakfast

Our room is just below us

the view once again from the room

Pave' took the challenge and thought this might be the one for us but without railings our grandchildren would not be safe.

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