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Enchanting & Surprising – Cappadocia & Eastern Anatolia

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  On the way to the centre of Cappadocia, around the village of Göreme, there are other not insignificant sites. The tuff not only shapes the region above ground, but also enabled people to create a “world of their own” underneath. Thus, over the centuries, not only cave dwellings and cave churches have been built, as we have already discovered in the Ihlara Valley, but also entire underground towns and cities! We first try our hand at visiting a smaller… Read more…

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Across wide volcanic plains to the gate of Cappadocia

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At what feels like 27 degrees Celsius and sunshine, we set off at the beginning of April near Side in the direction of Cappadocia. More than 500 kilometres lie ahead of us. Of course, we don’t want to just “drive them to death”, but also experience something of the route and its special features. The road leads us through parts of the Taurus Mountains, it is already dark, and when a sign announces the current altitude metres, we can hardly… Read more…

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“Hoş geldiniz” – “Welcome”

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  “Hoş geldiniz” – “Welcome” is almost a common word and an expression of a living culture of welcome, according to our impression, in many parts of Turkey. We are actually greeted with these words in every shop, bistro, bakery and the like during our weeks in Turkey. Once, a local passing by one of our pitches and another man stopping next to us at a traffic light even literally “welcome” us in this way. We are very happy about… Read more…

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Foray through Lycia

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  Warmer temperatures and exciting discoveries on the Lycian coast are what we expect from a return to the sea. From Pamukkale, we travel through a freshly snow-covered mountain landscape, where we make a stopover. Here, during the night, the temperatures actually drop noticeably to -5 degrees. It is only mid-March, but we could hardly imagine this for the sunny country of Turkey at this time of year.     Between the towns of Fethiye and Kemer lies a stretch… Read more…

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Where the muezzin calls!

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  Hoş Geldiniz – Welcome to our first lines from the multifaceted beauty of Turkey! After a smooth border crossing, the first stamp on this journey is in our passports. we are allowed to stay without a visa for 90 days! Sounds like a lot at first, as we have never been in a country for such a long time before. But after the first few kilometres we realise that the distances are different here. Turkey is twice as big… Read more…