Melis Hotel Urgup
Istikal Cad. No : 35 Urgup, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Fairy Chimney's Galore!!!
... So two young people whose families were potters could not marry each other. As the way with most such laws it is no longer on the books and today most young people are not interested in learning the carpet or pottery trades but would rather go to the large cities and attend the university. Kind of sounds like home.
The final place of interest that we saw today was Uchisar Castle. This is a huge rock formation that ...
Kaymakli Undergound City, Soganli Valley, Sobessos
... cemetery, and a roman bath has been uncovered. A farmer who owned the land discovered the site accidentally when he was digging a well. He found the mosaic designs and the government bought his land for excavation. The mosaics were part of the church floor and were in excellent condition with beautiful designs and colors. There were no photos allowed but the guard let us take some pictures without the flash. ...
Episode 32
... town called Bigadic, David liked the name. Didn’t get a look around as it was market day and the place was packed solid, nowhere to park for miles.
Traffic seems, so far, much more orderly here than we have experienced since Switzerland, I think. Traffic police are often seen out and about and often with someone pulled up, not us yet! Of course, there isn’t the number of private vehicles here that there is in other places so the ...
Egidir and Konya
... that the word “seminary” could quite well come from “Ince Minare”), and is known for its meticulously detailed stonework. It is now a museum of stone and wood sculpture (see photos).
I mentioned the “roadkill” tubers that we picked up yesterday. They turned out to be quite delicious… very sweet. When raw, they taste a bit like a very sweet turnip, but when boiled they are more like a beet, but without the sharp taste that beets can ...
Konya: City of Mevlana... Rumi
... already wounded and slain
I no longer
know the difference
between image and reality
Like the shadow
I am
And
I am not
“We can’t help being thirsty, moving toward the voice of water.”
O incomparable Giver of life, cut reason loose ...



