Cappodocia

So, it's taken me a while to finish out updating you on our trip. Brad and I spent our time doing various stuff over the last couple days, and then yesterday I was sick. Thus, slowness in doing the blog and email updating that's been needed.

The major point of our trip to Cappodocia was not to see some new city or explore ancient ruins. Brad had been told by a fellow-traveler that he'd met that he really should go to Cappodocia (particularly Göreme) if he visited Turkey. So, we did. We saw some interesting things, met some interesting people, and relaxed. It was a good time, and the scenery is definitely quite different. Above you can see the rock houses where people stay sometimes. They are quite interesting looking and not too uncomfortable apparently, even though they are a little cold.
One of the days, we went and visited the old Underground City in Derinkuyu. It goes down 8 different levels. Apparently it was an old Christian place of some sort.

On Friday we went to visit the city of Kayseri (below) where we were met by a new Turkish friend (he's a friend of a friend). We stayed there and enjoyed that city's excellent food, before heading on to Ankara. We stayed in Ankara for about two days and enjoyed a good time of fellowship with some American friends there.