Kapadokya

I know I said I would write a few posts about our vacation in the Dominican Republic, but that will have to wait. I promise I will backtrack to January 2009 as soon as I get the chance, and tell you all about it.

I’m writing these lines from a place that’s so amazing, it would be a shame not to write about it on location, while the info is fresh in my mind. WiFi is available, so in the next two or three days expect some posts from Goreme, Turkey.

We decided that for this year’s summer vacation we would try something different than what we did in previous years (sun, beach, etc.). So two days ago we packed our bags, fueled the car and started our journey to Cappadocia (or Kapadokya), an out of this world place in the heart of Turkey.

Goreme Turkey

We left Bucharest on June 6, at 6 AM and drove through Bulgaria and all the way to Istanbul. The GPS got us into trouble a few times in Bulgaria and a few times in Turkey, but with the help of a map and by keeping our eyes peeled for any useful road signs, we eventually found our way to Goreme.

Raluca

There’s almost 1500Km from Bucharest to Goreme, so we decided to stop just outside Istanbul, at a place called Merin Hotel and get some rest, before doing the second part of the trip. We’ll do the same when we go back, but we’ll stay for 3 nights at Olimpiyat Hotel (great central location) and see as much as we can of Istanbul.

We already went on a tour today (really cool, I’ll tell you all about it in a future post) and there’s another tour we booked for the day after tomorrow, but what I’m really, really looking for is the hot air balloon ride I’ll be taking tomorrow!

I took lots of cool pictures and posted a few of them on flickr (more to come). I also shot some HD clips with my new Kodak Zi6 and I’ll try to do a nice compilation when I get back home. Catch you later! ;)