Day 11 - Istanbul to Cappodocia

Day 11, Monday 19 May

Had another decent night's sleep.

Breakfast was ok but nothing special.

Our first mission of the day was the Grand Bazaar. Oohhh boy! I was expecting a Japanese-style line of shops with maybe a side street or two. But no, this was a *maze*!! We tried to keep our bearings and mostly did, and only got slightly lost once, but I'd taken a screen shot of our gps location on the phone before we started so was easy enough to find our way back to that. Fun times.

The Blue Mosque

Entrance to the Grand Bazaar

Grand Bazaar

Store in the Grand Bazaar
Photo by Mum

Grand Bazaar

Lantern store in the Grand Bazaar

Then we headed out to the airport in almost an exact rerun of a week ago. Except this time we flew to Cappodocia. Robert very nicely swapped seats with me so I could have a window seat :):):) Quite a short flight really.

Marble Tower

Black Sea coast

Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge under construction

Turkish Airlines 737-800 TC-JFU at Nevsehir Airport

Got picked up in a new midi-bus and driven to Goreme through some very pretty countryside.

Countryside in Cappadocia

Rock pillars in Cappadocia

In Goreme we went to the Goreme Open Air Museum, which was part Bryce Canyon, part The Pinnacles, part Petra. An amazing place. Wandered through all the holes that we could.