Tag: Absolute Turkey

Cappadocia

ByTravelling Minion October 14, 2018 0 Comments
Our day started with a Turkish breakfast in the beautiful courtyard of our hotel. It was a great way to wake up in the fresh air, and beautiful surroundings. Goreme Open Air Museum From there we visited the Goreme Open Air Museum. This was a large set of structures that were carved into the rock forming a community of sorts. Many of these buildings were churches and we got to explore a few of...

Driving to Cappadocia

ByTravelling Minion October 10, 2018 0 Comments
After some breakfast at our hotel, we set off for Cappadocia. A lot of us were excited to get there since many of us had hot air balloons on the mind. It was a few hours drive with a few stops along the way. Lake Tuz Salt Flats Our first stop was the was the Lake Tuz salt flats where a large amount of Turkey's Salt production is from. We spent an hour here taking in the expanse of the flats and...

First day(s) in Istanbul

ByTravelling Minion October 5, 2018 2 Comments
Refreshed after a good feel hours of sleep I arrived in Istanbul and proceeded smoothly through customs and immigration. Being a business class customer let me skip most of the customs line and I was in and out in 15 minutes. Istanbul Gimpy would be arriving an hour after me, and the plan was for me to wait for her and travel into Istanbul together. Once she arrived, we made our way to the...