Cappadocia

As I told you before, I took a fair few photos during my trip to Turkey. You can find my photos from Istanbul here and here. We also visited the central part of Turkey, called Cappadocia. The area is well known for it's fairy chimneys, which have formed through slow erosion during thousands of years. The caves built in these rocks were previosuly used for housing, but in the past fifty years or so the locals have moved in to more traditional stone houses. Many of the abandoned residences have been turned into guest houses and small hotels. The area is very well on the tourist track, but the town of Göreme (where we were staying) still has a very laid back countryside feel to it.

Som ni redan vet så tog jag en hel del foton under resan till Turkiet. Foton från Istanbul hittar ni här och här. Vi besökte också den centrala delen av Turkiet, ett område som kallas Cappadocia. Här hittar man sockertoppsformade berg som formats som en följd av långsam erosion under tusentals år. Tidigare bodde lokalbefolkningen i grottor i dessa berg, men numera har de flesta övergått till mer traditionella stenhus. Men grottbostäderna finns kvar och många har konverterats till små hotell. Vi bodde i staden Göreme, ett ställe som är väl etablerat bland turisterna, men trots alla turister så är stämningen fortfarande lite sömnig och väldigt lantlig.

First time in my adult life riding a horse!
För första gången i mitt vuxna liv gav jag mej ut på hästryggen!

Istanbul

I thought I'd share some more photos from Istanbul.

Här kommer lite bilder från Istanbul.

2287

We are back from our holiday in Turkey and I MAY have become a little bit trigger happy. Today I transferred all the photos to my laptop, all 2287 of them... I know already that not all of them will be awesome, hence also the number of pictures taken!

I'll share more with you over the coming days, because right now Blogger seems to be having some issues...

Turkish Delight served for breakfast