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Cappadocia hot air balloons

Wake up, stretch, yawn, rub eyes, is that Darth Vader outside? Look out the window, What the!?

Is this the normal view out your windows in the morning?
We have grown accustomed to the hot air balloons but we still watch, mouths agape, as they float by our house each morning.

If you are interested in a Cappadocia hot air balloon ride, start with our Hot-Air Balloon Ride Information Page.

To see all the Cappadocia Photos of the Week, click here.

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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.
HalukGiris
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…

Cappadocia Hot Air Balloons  Fairy Chimneys

This is Cappadocia!

If you are interested in a Cappadocia hot air balloon ride, start with our Hot-Air Balloon Ride Information Page.

To see all the Cappadocia Photos of the Week, click here.

Did you enjoy this photograph? If so, here’s what you can do. Please share it with your friends by clicking on one of the buttons below or to the side. Also, you may want to subscribe so you will receive every week’s photo and other Cappadocia posts directly in your inbox. Click here and follow the instructions. One of my goals is to help people who will visit Cappadocia. This is your way to help me meet this goal. Thank you, I am grateful.


Our friends at the Gerdiş Evi, Kadir and Ali, have generously offered one free night at their Cappadocia hotel to pass on to one of you. If you are visiting Cappadocia this year, go to the bottom of this post for instructions on how to enter to win. Deadline to enter is May 27. The winner will be announced on May 30.

Gerdiş Evi: A Cappadocia hotel that will feel like your home in Göreme

If you could design a hotel room, what would you include in it? What kind of “feel” would you give the space? How would you make it communicate, “I’m glad you are here. Come. Rest and enjoy!”
Gerdis evi goreme cappadocia entrance

You might think it is simple. “Bed, bath, shower, desk and chair! What else?”

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To get a general picture of Cappadocia weather throughout the year, click here.

We tracked the Cappadocia weather each day of April and have listed it below. Past weather is no guarantee for the present/future, but it will at least give you a picture of what it was like and maybe help you to better plan your trip if you are thinking of visiting Cappadocia in April.
Cappadocia weather April

CAPPADOCIA WEATHER – APRIL 2013

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