Turkey

Sorry I haven't updated the blog in a long time! Things suddenly got very busy after arriving in London. 

Here are some photos from Shaun's tour around Turkey ...

These photos are of us at Pergamum. Pergamum is an old Greek city that the Romans took over. The ruins that are still there are fascinating! It is amazing to think how they built these cities all those years ago.

These photos were taken at Ephesus. More amazing ruins ...

 

This building was once a library ... 

And this is the biggest amputheatre in the ancient world ... 

After all those ruins it was time for some Turkish pancakes called gozleme!! Yum!! 

This is a Lady making a Turkish rug. In turkey they have beautiful rugs everywhere that are hand made by the local women. 

Pamukkale terraces. These terraces were formed by deposits of calcium from the ground. 

These were hot pools that you could paddle or swim in. (Although we didn't think they were that hot!)

We then moved on to Olympus, where we got to stay in these cool tree huts! 

In Olympus we spent the day kayaking and Matt even went cliff jumping! 

But our favorite thing in turkey was when we got to go hot air ballooning in Cappadocia! Check these photos out! We had an amazing morning watching the sun rise with 110 other balloons in the sky ... 

I wish I could put them all up!! 

This is the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.

It was absolutely beautiful! Inside you had to make sure your head, shoulders and knees were covered. 

Blue Mosque at night. 

This is a traditional Turkish breakfast with Turkish tea - Shaun is missing his marmite on toast!! 

We had an awesome time in Turkey! It was a very cool country with lots of history to learn about and beautiful sites to see. But after 15 days exploring Turkey it was time to pack up and fly to London!!

Shaun 🐑