Part of the pansiyon where we stayed in Göreme. Hannah, Kate, and Morgan slept in the top room, and Donica and Scott had the lower one in this "fairy chimney" - what they really call this rock formation.
Fairy chimneys with ancient dwellings carved out of them - we wandered around in them for hours since they were 15 minutes from our pansiyon and open without so much as a fence to keep people out.
We went to the Göreme Open Air Museum and looked at tons of old Christian churches carved into the rock there. Several of them had beautiful frescoes of Biblical scenes - like this one!
Kids and rocks
An amazing carpet shop in Göreme.
More rocks and homes. Many people still live in the caves or in buildings buried at least part way into the cliffs and fairy chimneys. Traditional farming also is taking place all around, and you cant walk anywhere without being surrounded by tiny fields of wheat, grapes, and squash.
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