Fri July 18 - day 6
Overnight bus to Goreme arrives after nine AM. 11 hour bus ride accomplished.
After "sleeping" on the bus and checking into our hotel we head out in the hammer pounding anvil heat to find the Open Air Museum with the Orthodox cave churches. Passing numerous hotels advertising pools we reconsider our booking priorities.
Our cave church tour happens in slow motion. I think the ancient Christians were more about living in cool comfort than hiding in caves from persecution.
Domes, columns, amazing orthodox frescoes all in miniture cave sized churches.
Hiking the house cave filled valleys around Goreme almost didn't happen because Sherisse got stranded at the steep part halfway up the first cliff. Thinking she was going to die, Randall must save her.
Randall is surprised the hike continues as Ms. Determination isn't going to let some random cliff stranding stop her.
We discover slot canyons, amazing rock formations and narrow riverbead passageways as Sherisse continuously wonders if we are lost.
We are unexpectedly forced to negotiatiate several steep narrow ladder decents down the river bed. Sherisse repeates here uncertainty about our direction of travel.
We round a final corner to suddenly come upon the Tea Garden restaurant?! We have the fresh squeezed orange juice.
One final hour of hiking/walking and we stumble barely conscious into our hotel room.
Nazar's delivers a great supper where we discoverwith vegetable gozleme. A savory fried pancake with veg inside.
Late evening at the hotel room, with the windows open for essential air Sherisse queries "Can cats get in there?".
Because fresh air equals sleep, Randall replies no.
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