Do you know someone who has the legendary “Midas Touch”? A person who has the ability to turn what they put their energy towards into success?
I do. I see him every time I ride my scooter into Ürgüp.
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Waterfall, shaded garden patio, kids playground.
Relaxing atmosphere, good food, great prices.
PIZZA IN AVANOS
Cafe Gökdeniz has opened its doors and Avanos is glad it did. Continue Reading…
SOUP FOR BREAKFAST!?”
“It’s not right or wrong, it’s not good or bad…it’s just different”
I remember that phrase from my preparations for cross cultural living.
The differences would be numerous but my judgments on those differences could be less so.
Of course, one of the most basic differences one experiences cross-culturally is food.
For example, when we first moved here, I went to a café for breakfast. Breakfast? Breakfast in my culture means Denny’s Grand Slam: two pancakes, two eggs, two bacon, two sausage (although of course there would be no bacon or sausage in this Muslim country). At the very least, it would be an omelet with hashbrowns and a fruit cup. You get the point. The word breakfast paints a picture.
And that picture certainly did not include soup! Continue Reading…
This is a guest post by Paul Easton. Paul is the owner of puretourism.co.uk. They offer windsurfing and sailing holidays in Bodrum on the southwest coast of Turkey.
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Cappadocia is one of my favorite destinations in Turkey even though the last time I visited was in 2000. After recently watching a program about Cappadocia on the BBC I was inspired to re-visit this beautiful destination in the snow!
All 3 photos courtesy of Paul Easton of Pure Tourism
The first time I visited Cappadocia I was broke, so my friends and I had to do it on a tight budget. We still had an amazing time, but this time around I wanted to fill our 3 days in Cappadocia with a bit more of the tours …
I booked my flights to Cappadocia Airport (Nevsehir) with Turkish airlines via Istanbul, and the rest was just a rough plan! What I wanted to do was;
1. Horseback riding in the snow
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Suat Ulusoy, the owner of the Castle Inn, has generously offered a 10% discount to his guests who mention that they heard about his cave hotel from CaptivatingCappadocia.com.
Most visitors to Cappadocia stay in Göreme or Ürgüp, but if you do not consider yourself in the category of “most visitors”, then of all the Cappadocia hotels, the Castle Inn in Ortahisar may be the place for you.
Suat Ulasoy, Royal Balloon’s Chief Pilot, loves to meet people and make new friends. He lamented to me that one hour in a balloon is not enough time to satisfy his desire to talk to visitors and learn about their lives.
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