Red Valley strata easily differentiated by color.
More strata in the Valley.
Judy thought the camel was 'adorable'.
Dervish dancing demo.
Goreme cave monastery.
Hittite style vases on the right.
10-4-13 IZMIR: We left Cappadocia in the early AM, flying to Istanbul, the domestic airport on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, and after an hour layover, flew to Izmir on the Aegean coast. Izmir is a bustling, big modern city, almost glitzy home to 5 million, with trendy stores, I am informed, and lots of stiletto heels tap-tapping down the sidewalk. After checking into the Swissotel Buyuk Epes, huge and modern, we walked along the waterfront, passed two demonstrations against the government, one in front of the mayor’s house and one in front of the labor admin. At least that’s what we think the sites were.
We then veered into the shopping district and saw food, clothes, housewares, shoes, bridal wear [ware?], sweets, live birds and you name it. Under Aydan’s guidance we tried teas and water pipe smoking [just a puff]. Later Judy, Bill, Lynn and I found a restaurant along the waterfront for a fish dinner. We ate inside because of the wind and cool weather.
Beer on the beach.
Veggies...
Underwear...
Glass buildings...
Water front....
Out door eating, but with the wind, not too popular.
Olives.
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