More of Cappadocia

During our short visit to Cappadocia we explored Derinkuyu, the deepest underground city in the region - it goes 8 levels deep, we visited Selime, which is the biggest rock-cut monastery in the area and we went on a 4 km walk through Ihlara canyon, which has thousands of caves that were carved by early Christians.

Drinking ayran, a salty yogurt drink that has become one of our favorites. We got Gregg to try it and even like it, but Celesta was unimpressed.

Derinkuyu underground city

Selime Monastery

On our walk through Ihlara Canyon

At the Göreme Open Air Museum on our last morning.

We also made a spontaneous stop at Devrent Valley right before we had to drive to the airport and it ended up being my favorite place. The landscape is amazing and the valley  has a bunch of animal shaped rocks. It was just such a fun place to wander through and let your imagination run wild! 

Joel ended up staying in the car for this and missing out on all the fun. He wasn't feeling great that morning and then he took some Dramamine a few hours before our flight home and, oh my goodness, it WIPED HIM OUT! I wasn't sure if we were going to have to sling him over our shoulders and carry him on the airplane, but he was hilarious! He was falling asleep EVERYWHERE! Good times!

Crazy!

Gregg climbed up to this cave and I figured Celesta and I could probably do it too, so after much convincing Celesta finally agreed to climb up with me. It was definitely a thrill!