Goreme, Turkey - Blogabond

attempting to make pottery

We did a little side trip, using public buses, to a neighboring town famous for it's pottery. we went into a shop/studio, the owner claimed to be 4th generation pottery maker, some of his items were just amazing. He demonstrated at first, and then he let me try. My creation is not one...

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vita on September 1, 2009 from Goreme, Turkey

from the travel blog: MP goes to Europe

The baby assault

In Turkey our child seems to feel that she is finally getting the attention she deserves. No Turkish person seems to be able to resist walking up to her, and at the very least give her a smile. She usually gets her cheek pinched and sometimes head or foot patted. Older children fight over...

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vita on September 1, 2009 from Goreme, Turkey

from the travel blog: MP goes to Europe

Land of the Wild Horses

Somewhere in the middle of Anatolia lies Cappadocia, a mysterious landscape of canyons, rivers, and the caves of the troglodytes who settled there nearly two millennia ago. Cappadocia is like nowhere else on earth. My guidebook describes its landscape as 'lunar' - it is certainly rocky,...

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BenWH on April 25, 2009 from Goreme, Turkey

from the travel blog: Gap Year Odyssey