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    • Day 8

      Our Hot-Air Balloon Wonder

      March 28 in Turkey ⋅ 🌙 4 °C

      This morning Noah and I woke up at 4am to depart at 04h50 for Soganli Valley, located in the southern part of Cappadocia. The tranquil valley is home to Byzantine-era rock-cut churches, monasteries, and ancient tombs. This is a smaller flight area, with fewer balloons, than the world famous Goreme flight area, but no less impressive in landscape. Dressed in layer upon layer of clothing, gloves and beanies, Noah and I were bursting with excitement as we embarked on an adventure and experience that many only get to dream of! Weather conditions have to be perfect for hot-air balloon flying. In the past 5 days, no flights took place in Cappadocia due to the windy conditions, and many people left dissappointed. Those that can wait out the weather further add to the tourist numbers and bookings, resulting in prices souring as availability decreases, and bidding wars result. For Noah and I to have the opportunity to fly over one of the worlds greatest heritage sites - and do so in a hot-air balloon - is beyond incredible! Thank you to our families for contributing in making this once in a lifetime, unique experience happen. Noah and I are beyond blessed and feel like the lucky ones! 💞
      We spent the rest of the day walking through the town of Goreme, stopping to drink freshly squeezed orange juice, and Noah having the opportunity to get a serious beating in Backgammon by a local! 😆
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    • Day 55

      Sonntagsgedudel (ohne Almdudler)

      May 29, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Heute ist radfreier Sonntag in Kayseri, also wechseln wir auf Bus, Lift und sind per Pedes unterwegs. Auf 2800m angekommen beschließen wir, dass wir keine Gipfelstürmer werden - es fehlen uns Pickel und Steigeisen. Wir widmen uns also lieber der Aussicht und genießen den frischen Wind. In den Nachmittagsstunden gehen wir die weitere Reiseplanung durch und kümmern uns um das Iran-Visa. Von Morgen an trennen sich unsere Wege für kurze Zeit: Dan fährt weiter nach Erzurum, René wird von seiner Freundin besucht und gönnt sich romantische Tage, bis er mit Zug wieder aufschließt 🚂.Read more

    • Day 54

      Love Valley 💚💙💜🧡❤

      May 28, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

      Göreme - Kayşeri
      79 km / 590 hm
      Aktuelle Höhe: 1060 hm

      Das Schauspiel der fliegenden Bonbons geht in den frühen Morgenstunden weiter 🎈 Wir sitzen gespannt im Love Valley, in dem die Vielzahl der Körbe abhebt - ein irrfaszinierendes Spektakel, das uns bereits um 4.30 Uhr aus dem Zelt gezaubert hat. Die Geräuschkulisse ähnelt einem gigantischen Bienenschwarm. Wir können uns kaum satt sehen, reißen uns dann doch um 8 Uhr los und steuern auf die Provinzhauptstadt Kayşeri zu. Während der Mittagspause übermäht uns eine 500 köpfige Schafsherde, samt Leitesel. Im Nest angekommen kümmern wir uns als erstes um die Verlängerung unserer SIM Karten, was sich als schwieriger herausstellt als gedacht. Wir lernen Aliattin kennen, der uns die Karten auf seinen Namen erstellt (Was ein Dienst für uns!🙏) und auch sonst ein sehr gastfreundlicher Zeitgenosse ist. Der Abend klingt ziemlich schnell aus, da uns beiden die Lichter ausgehen...Read more

    • Day 9

      Erciyes Dagi

      July 23, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Ab in die Höhe. Auf 2215 Meter sitzen wir zum Mittagessen. Als wir anhielten mussten wir schnell mal unseren Gepäckträger fest machen. Der Schlingel verrutscht gern mal. Während unserer kleinen Reparatur kommt ein Mann zu uns. Sprach uns auf Deutsch an und erzählt, dass er aus einem Nachbarort von uns daheim kommt. Danke für das tolle Mittagessen.Read more

    • Day 84

      Ayvat

      September 28, 2022 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      Die Auswirkungen der Bettwanzen sind nun richtig deutlich, vom Kopf bis zu den Füßen. Dementsprechend war die Nacht.
      Schöne Fahrt in die Berge. Kurz hinter der Passhöhe einen schönen Platz gefunden und den halben Nachmittag damit verbracht, einfach an einem schönen Platz zu sein.Read more

    • Day 278

      Im a skier now!!

      February 9 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C

      So about a month ago we started getting really psyched for snowboarding and were watching loads and loads of videos of it. It was kinda weird tho coz for the most part I was finding all the edits super boring and the snowboarders kept doing super cringe stuff in between clips. It felt a bit like I was watching boogie boarding or something silly like that. I realised that the only reason I preferred snowboarding over skiing was because yr10 me arbitrarily decided that snowboarding was cooler when we were asked to decide which one we wanted to do before ski tour. Out of curiosity I put on a skiing video instead and it was wayy gnarlier, the skiiers were doing way crazier tricks and everything they did was just so much faster and bigger. Fast forward a few weeks and despite this new-found ambivalence, I ended up deciding to snowboard in Turkey just because I could already do it and i figured I'd be able to enjoy it more than starting from scratch skiing. This went well for the first day and a half but I ended up getting insanely bored and by the third day I didn't even want to go to the mountain anymore. I decided to take my snowboard back to the rental place and swap it for some skis! My first day of skiing was the first day ozge was with us on the mountain and she wanted to learn how to snowboard so her and spencer did that and I went off by myself to teach myself skiing. It was really weird at first having to use both my feet equally instead of being goofy, I could only turn one way and i felt so uncoordinated whenever I had to use my right foot, but by the end of the day I'd gotten used to it and could zig zag my way down the beginner slope faster than most of the other people.

      Today was my 4th day skiing and I can now confirm its so much better than snowboarding. It's more stable and easier to stop which means you can go wayy faster. I've been pushing myself to see how long I can go straight down slopes without turning, its exhilarating! I'm so glad I decided to change, I can't believe I disregarded skiing for so long just because it looked less like surfing lol. All my future snow experiences are going to be so much better now. What a monumental W!!

      Also that lady's name is fatma, we rented lockers from her she kept trying to have banter with us in Turkish so we never got it, she was really sweet :) and that vid is of my second day btw I got better than that I promise ahaha
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    • Day 275

      Haircut n spencer nose piercing

      February 6 in Turkey ⋅ 🌬 13 °C

      Today we went for another turkish breakfast at the same place down the road from us. It was amazing again and I think it mightve been the first time we've eaten and ozge hasn't complained about the food ahaha. Turkish people seem to be very proud and patriotic about their food and usually get a bit annoyed when we're eating and something's not right. The mountain was closed today because it was so windy so we had to find other things to do. We decided it'd be a good day for us to do some work on our appearances to get ready for krakow and amsterdam so we met up with ozges friend again and he recommended a barber for me and a piercing place for spencer. I told the barber to do whatever he wanted and i ended up getting an exaggerated version of the mullet I gave myself a few weeks ago. I also got a line in my eyebrow lol. After that we went to get spencer a nose piercing and then went out to a fancy restaurant to get some good quality local kayseri dishes for dinner. The food was amazing, it was the best manti ivd had and we learned how to roll up our gozleme like the locals do instead of "eating it like lasagne" ahaha, it actually did make it taste better. We spent the rest of the night at our house drinking raki and chatting. Very good lay day!!Read more

    • Day 342

      On skie en Turquie !

      February 19 in Turkey ⋅ ⛅ -4 °C

      Nous quittons les Cappadoce, la tête pleine de souvenirs. Sur notre route, un vaste lac encaissé accueille la petite troupe, le temps d’un après-midi concours de pétanque, d’une soirée feu de camp & d’une matinée initiation au macramé par Salomé !

      Après un arrêt réapprovisionnement en denrées alimentaires, nous grimpons à 2 200 m d’altitude sur le mont Erciyes jusqu’à la station de ski repérée il y a déjà un moment...

      Nos vans blottis les uns contre les autres sur le grand parking tout juste déneigé, nous activons le mode grand froid sous le son mélodieux du dernier appel à la prière. La température devrait chuter jusqu’à - 13 ° cette nuit !

      La nuit a été étonnament très correcte, notre isolation tient le choc ; le chauffage en mode anti-gel ne s’étant presque pas déclenché.

      Un sentiment de vacances au coeur du voyage flotte.

      Nous chaussons skis ou snow et partons profiter des pistes quasiment privatisées. Les niveaux de glisse sont plutôt hétérogènes et une belle entraide s’installe naturellement entre les membres du groupe ; dans la bienveillance et les fous rires ! Si l’on nous avait dit que nous allions skier en Turquie il y a quelques mois, sur un volcan endormi, nous ne l’aurions pas cru ! En prenant de la hauteur avec le télésiège menant au point culminant, nous skions en admirant les cractères.

      Que ce soit sur les pistes, durant les pauses çay ou télésiège ou lors des soirées dans Jimmy (le van de Cécile & Guillaume pouvant nous accueillir tous les huit !), l’ambiance chaleureuse de la colo est à son paroxisme ! Nous recroisons aussi la famille de toulousain·e·s le deuxième jour.

      Les douces notes épicées du vin chaud concocté par Guillaume & Cécile envahissent le van. Après ces deux jours hors du temps, la soirée d’adieux s’annonce... Time's up, playlist collaborative, houmous, plat de pâtes aux légumes ; l’atmosphère se charge tout à coup, mais la tristesse se dissipe rapidement à travers les rires, les souvenirs remémorés et les plans d’avenir les plus improbables élaborés sur un coin de table jusqu’à tard dans la nuit.

      Ce matin, nos coeurs pleins à craquer débordent. On compte le dernier « merhaba » matinal, l’ultime promenade de Floki, le çay final... On regarde les fourgons blancs rouler jusqu’à ce qu’ils ne forment plus qu’un point microscopique au loin, les mains de leurs passager·e·s s’agitant frénétiquement dans l’air frais de la montagne ; comme une promesse de retrouvailles.

      On a tant appris à vos côtés les copaines... Merci pour tout ! ❤

      La route sera longue vers l’est. Tant mieux. Nos petits coeurs ont besoin de se remettre de toutes ces émotions.
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    • Day 277

      Turkish family dinner

      February 8 in Turkey ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Arda (ozges friend that we've been hanging out with) invited us over for dinner with his family tonight. It was a bit of a formal occasion so we were kinda nervous going in because this was the first time most of the people there would've eaten with Aussies and we wanted to make a good impression. When we arrived the whole family was waiting at the door to greet us, they were all so warm and welcoming but when I went to shake the dads hand he pulled me in and tilted his head down, I was supposed to kiss his cheeks but I didn't know that so instead I pressed my forehead against his like we were in rise of the planet of the apes or something which was pretty awkward lol. The parents didn't speak much English so we were all talking and then everything was being translated. We talked about a bunch of stuff but there was a particular interest in Australia's relationship with the royal family, apparently arads dad researched australian politics before we arrived and was concerned we might be having to go to war against England for independence at some point. Obviously that's absurd and I found it pretty funny but it was also a little eye opening that he would even think that, like he was projecting problems onto us that he has to worry about. We had soup for entre and then the kayseri lasagne (yağlama) again for mains, it was served with a few meze style dishes to roll in it which were all super tasty. For dessert we had a milky noodle slice type dish called Cold Kadayif, it was insanely delicious, easily top 5 desserts I've ever tried. It was a super fun night, yet another time Turkish hospitality has blown me away :))Read more

    • Day 2

      Himmel über Göreme

      July 5, 2023 in Turkey ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      Heute Nacht 4.10 Uhr wecken - gar nicht mal so spät... Der Bus wartet schon, das Wetter scheint mitzuspielen. Die Dämmerung hat grade erst angefangen, aber die ersten Ballons sind schon in der Luft und unzählige andere bei der Vorbereitung. Unser Ballon wird grade aufgeblasen: erst ein sehr lautes Gebläse, dann mit mächtigen Bunsenbrennern. Bald sind wir in der Luft und es ist super schön und spektakulär, bei Sonnenaufgang mit unzähligen anderen Ballons über Kappadokiens Erdpyramiden zu fahren. Wir steigen auf ca. 800 m und der Ballon liegt ganz ruhig, manchmal lässt der Fahrer ihn um die eigene Achse drehen. Stark. Wenn die Brenner laufen, wird einem schon warm um die Stirn. Nach einer dreiviertel Stunde sinken wir wieder, fahren durch ein enges kleines Tal und beim 2. Versuch klappt auch die Landung.
      Dann erstmal Frühstück, durch Göreme schlendern und Tickets für den Bus nach Kayseri und den Nachtzug nach Diyarbakir buchen. Den Nachmittag verbringen wir in Kayseri auf den Zug wartend.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Kayseri, قيصرية, Kayseri ili, Правінцыя Кайсеры, Кайсери, Província de Kayseri, پارێزگای قەیسەری, Qeyseriye, Επαρχία Καισάρειας, Provinco Kayseri, Provincia de Kayseri, Kayseri provints, Kayseri probintzia, استان قیصریه, Kayserin maakunta, Մաժաքի նահանգ, Provinsi Kayseri, Provincia di Kayseri, カイセリ県, კაისერის პროვინცია, Kayseri walayati, 카이세리 주, Qeyserî, Caesarea in Cappadocia, Kajseri ils, Кајсери, कायसेरी प्रांत, Wilayah Kayseri, Provinsen Kayseri, Хъайсери, ਕਾਇਸੇਰੀ, صوبہ کیسری, Provincia Kayseri, Kayseri Province, Mkoa wa Kayseri, Вилояти Кайсери, Kaýseri, كايسەرى ۋىلايىتى, Кайсері, صوبہ قیصری, 开塞利省

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