Cappadocia. The bus travel was comfortable with reclining seats
(believe it) and soda and a chocolate cake snack served early in the
ride. There was even a bus steward who raised arm rests and lowered
seat backs. However, the lead-up to leaving Istanbul was frighteningly
disorganized. Couples shuffled around each other in a sort of musical
seats without logic or rationale and more confusion resulted from
multiple double-booked seats! We arrived the next morning getting
decent sleep with our ear plugs and eye masks.
Background on the ancient village: Göreme's landscape seems straight
from a sci-fi film or fantasy land. Volcanic eruptions millions of
years ago provided soft stone of compressed ash and centuries of wind
have created eerie dry, dusty cone-shaped peaks (curiously called
fairy chimneys) and valleys. Early Christians carved ancient chambers
and vaults into the weird landscape to serve as churches, stables and
homes. Some people still live as cave dwellers in Göreme. Our hostel
is built into a rock cave. We were supposed to be in dorms, but when
taken to our room they had put us in a private room with 2 Italians
(Stefano and Silvia) and pulled 2 twins into the living area. We ate
lunch and dinner with the Italianos. They are very nice. Stefano lived
in China for many years speaking fluent Chinese and Silvia studied art
in Venice and now designs wine bottle art. Very cool. We now have a
private bath and a double bed!
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