Rumi, and fariy tales

Unexpectedly we left the coast late Saturday night... It was the only bus ticket we could get and as awesome as the beach is, Steven was ready to get out of there and move on. So, we got the midnight bus to Konya and arrived at 5:30 in the morning. We decided to check our bags at the bus station and spend the day wandering around Konya, the place where Rumi died and is enshrined.. It was a lovely day of wandering and his memorial and tomb were quite powerful. Over 1.5 million visitors (mostly Turkish) visit this site every year.

The stop was a middle point for our journey to Cappadocia. An amazing place of caves and towers of limestone which doubled as castles at one point in history. We hopped on the 2:30 bus out of Konya and made it to Urgup by 6:00. We now have our amazing private cave room overlooking the vast landscape of beauty..

I am loving Turkey!! the people are so very very kind and the food is amazing (especially the deserts). The place where we are now is other worldly and we have decided to stay here and rest for a few days. we will rent a motorbike today and tomorrow to see it by two wheels. i'm quite excited...