2.25.2012

Istanbul to Cappadocia

Day 2 of Istanbul food quest in pictures...

Islek hamburger.. a kind of amazing Turkish equivalent to a meatball sub

Their home


A walk down the river side searching for a hole in the wall stop

My husband

Found it!

All the appropriate condiments

Kofte with rice and a traditional white bean salad

Lentil soup-- one of the best bowls I've ever had

The outside-- we believe it's call Koftecisi Arnauk and is owned by a friendly Albanian family

Bear dog



Magical river side donuts

Yeeeesss.
 At the end of our day we got on a night bus around 9pm and arrived in Cappadocia (actually in the town of Goreme) this morning.  After a day of lounging around in our guesthouse and adjusting to the weather here (high of 35 today--it's snowing right now!), we just grabbed a bite to eat in town.  The coolest part about this town is that it's basically built in and around a series of hundreds of caves.  Our guesthouse was half built in a cave so some of the rooms, including ours, are refinished caves.

Woke up on the bus to this


The view of the town from our guest house.  Pretty magical.

After dark

Cave room

Dinner included some lentil soup (not as good as the Albanian spot in Istanbul, but still did the trick on a snowy night)

And some kebab in a clay pot

Pretty good, but I think we can find better versions of this dish

Excited to explore more tomorrow-- day long trek through the caves so time for sleep!

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