Snoop: Istanbul Today we arrived in Istanbul. We landed at some airport that is far away from the city and it took us hours in traffic to get to our hotel. It was called the Elanaz Hotel. We loved everything about the hotel. The people there were so nice. We had a craving for chocolate Read More …
After a fabulous dinner, we went to see the ceremony of the Whirling Dervishes. The Dervishes spin around, always in the same direction, because they “pray” while they are spinning. They spun around and around for 20 minutes with a couple of 30 second breaks. They spin so long that they fall into a Read More …
I thought our hotel was pretty cool being in caves, but, Kaymakli is a whole underground city that is so easy to get lost in. It is a huge network of caves that stretches for hundreds of meters. It goes underground for 7 stories and has a lot of living rooms and pantries and kitchens Read More …
I am so excited. Today is the day I get to sleep in a cave. We got up at 4:00 in the morning to fly from Izmir to Kayseri. It is one of the airports in Cappadocia. The rent-a-car man was late. We waited for 20 minutes at the airport and finally a man came Read More …
Pamukkale is famous for its white terrace pools. In my opinion, Pamukkale was expensive and a rip-off. First off, it was 20 Turkish Lira per person to get in (That is $12 in US money). Second, the pools weren’t full. If the water with all of the calcium doesn’t flow, the terraces turn black instead Read More …
“Many men” is our favorite discovery of the trip. I would eat this every meal, every day if I could! Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 red pepper 1/2 green pepper 1 large onion 1 fresh chilli 3 large tomatoes 4 eggs Salt & pepper to taste Chop the onions and peppers into large pieces Read More …
Today we went to this spa called Sanctuary that was sooooooo relaxing. I got a tasty chocolate massage. I had chocolate all over my body and I could actually lick my body and eat the chocolate. Before that, we had a Turkish bath in this room with a big marble table in the middle. The Read More …
Today, since there was no town, we went to the beach. Dalyan’s town is up the river, but, we couldn’t get a big ship up there. The beach was picture perfect. It had fine sand and clear, shallow water. There was a little bar that sold fresh pomegranates, drinks and ice cream. We got to Read More …
