We started our last day with breakfast on the balcony then after packing up the rest of our stuff (and then storing it at the hotel reception along with about 20 other peoples packs) we set off to the open air museum which we had been told was a MUST SEE site.
It turned out to be a bit further out of town then we originally thought, so after a bit of a trek we finally made it there. the museum itself was more of the same thing we had seen on our tour the other day but on a smaller scale. just some small rooms hollowed into caves. they were churches, kitchens, living areas, etc. one bad part about the museum was that there wasn't very much information available so half the time you didn't know what you were looking at, the other half of the time you couldnt see anything due to the masses of tourists everywhere. there were at least five tour groups of between 20-40 people.
you had to pay extra to go into a church that was there which had frescoes (paintings on the walls) in near perfect condition as there was hardly any light in the cave which was interesting to see. the paintings were beautiful and only about half of the people in the paintings had their eyes scratched out. not sure if i talked about this in my last post but when the Muslims came through Turkey they defaced pretty much every painting of a human, scratching out their eyes and sometimes their entire faces. seems like a pretty bizarre thing to do!!
after the museum we had a look at the touristy shops at the bottom of the hill, i got some purple harem pants, yep I'm joining the masses of tourists who dress like locals :-) plus i need another pair of pants, i've only got one pair (not including shorts) and i've worn my old pants for about 5 days straight now...
we got some icy poles and sat in a park to eat them and discuss what we should do with the rest of our day (it was only 12pm and our bus doesn't leave until 10.30pm)
we ended up having lunch at a restaurant with cushions on the floor and low tables, we are loving these Turkish restaurants! you get to take off your shoes and just relax while you eat! its very laid back!!!
we did a little bit of shopping then headed back to the hostel where we are now hanging out for the next few hours.
tonight we head to Olympus for a couple of nights and then hopefully we will be doing a cruise (3nights, 4days ) to Fethiye then from there we head to Ephesus then across to Pamukkale then up to check out Gallipoli then back to Istanbul then we are done with Turkey and will be heading too Rome. It is going way too fast!
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Whats that book Pieta 'oh the places you will see or is it the places you will go. Darcees word but you are seeing so many amaaaaaaaaaazing places. No point telling you to enjoy every day you already are. We are going to the Grampions for the wknd how pathetic.
Mum dont say it is pathetic! Im sure the Grampians have some amazing rock paintings too...if not we could paint some...anyway Pieta thought I'd update you on the Riki food blog from yesterday: I had Sustain for breakfast it was quite nice...not the best Sustain I have ever had..I also had a cup of coffeee...mmmmm. Then I ate some of Mums homemade Anzac biscuits for morning tea, they were very crunchy just how I like them. I had a late lunch at my desk that consisted of almonds & sultanas(packaged in a very handy mini tupperware container I got for free ;) ) another of Mums Anzac biscuits & a mandarin, there was a few pips in my mandarin, I hate when that happens. But it was quite fresh.I finished off the day with some beautiful, square Pizza cooked by Gary...The end!hahaha
You are a very sad person Riki what a pathetic lunch and stop stealing all my anzacs and since you are at work do some just because your sister does'nt
Another great read, amazing the places you are seeing, enjoy bus to Olympus.
Love the photos of the "goon" drinker and boy belly dancer! So pleased you are enjoying Turkey. All I want to do is follow in your footsteps wish I could.
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