The first delights - a Turkish Coffee! Strong and kind of like sweet mud. |
After dinner drinks on the first evening. |
Hagia Sophia mosque |
Hagia Sophia mosque |
Trying some random milky cinnamon drink from a street vendor (I think it was Boza - a Fermented Bulgur Refreshment) |
We call him column head. |
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Hagia Sophia mosque in the daytime |
Off to the train station to get new tickets! |
Hagia Sophia mosque from the inside |
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It was incredibly ornate |
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Preparing to enter the Blue Mosque |
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Mmmmm, Turkish coffee. So strong and delicious. |
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Inside the catacombs in Istanbul |
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Resting up in their train cabin |
Not before a few beers and some raki's though! |
All aboard! Snooze express leaving! |
Goreme and the crazy pointy stone houses. |
View from our cave hotel |
Lovely sunset to finish the evening off. |
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Cute golden retriever dog at the cave hotel |
The first morning in Gerome - hot air balloon time! |
We watched with anticipation as they filled our balloon |
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We have lift off! |
Spectacular views across Gerome |
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Crazy hairy grass from above |
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A little church on the walk we undertook |
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Lunch - oven baked trout. Yum. |
The cave monastery |
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The local wine |
The heavens opened up with a dump of snow! |
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Snowball fights |
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The following morning - everything was white! |
It felt like a completely different city |
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