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Welcome to Cappadocia!
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First thing on my first walk, I see horses... These no longer seem to be the wild variety for which Cappadocia is noted
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I arrived in Goreme late afternoon but still managed to see a bit of the landscape I'd come for!
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Maybe Cappadocia is known for its cows too!
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A tuff doorway opposite the Open Air Museum, framing the area I'd just wandered through
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Whetting my appetite for tomorrow's tour
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Didn't really know much about what I was seeing at that point, but loved the dramatic look
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This should have been a video! There was quite a fuss going on in that yard
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An evening chat
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My first sighting of balloons over Goreme, still before sunrise
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The 'Uzbek' terrace without balloons for the moment
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Here come the balloons!
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Morning sun on the fairy chimneys
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In the courtyard of my hotel, waiting for my day-tour to begin
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Starting our walk through Rose Valley, our guide notes the importance of agriculture as we pass a vineyard
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Reminds me of the finger of God in Michelangelo's Sistene Chapel fresco
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A not-so-rose part of Rose Valley
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Cappadocian corridor
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Another spectacular view near the end of our hike
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A final look across Goreme toward Uchisar (the bump on the horizon)
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The Fairy Chimneys (geological name hoodoos!) form when harder rock at the top protects softer sediment below from erosion
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There's why it's called Rose Valley
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Morning over Goreme
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They too are carved with chapels and living quarters
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At the foot of one cone, I saw what I think is a male guinea fowl guarding his hens who are guarding their eggs
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First we saw this pottery's future museum, housed in a cave -- this is Cappadocia after all -- then we saw their workshop
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Applying glaze in classic -- and not so classic -- patterns
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We watched one of their master potters
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The finishing touches
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Then on to our 'restaurant' in Paradise Valley
