Here are some pictures of our beautiful hike through a valley in Cappadocia.
Chez Galip Pottery.
This man was a fifth generation in the art of pottery. He himself had been doing this for over 50 years, and is now considered a master- he flies around the world, sells top notch quality products, and offers classes to continue his legacy.
The technique they use dates back to the Hittites.
The temperature they use to fire the clay is between 900-1200 degrees Celsius !
I also would have more information about him, but I was too intrigued by him making a vase, that I forgot to take notes :P
<-- the round circular with a spout on top is actually a wine vase.
Their family
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Then we went to a little village called Ibrahamipasha.
This was a beautiful village where we went to see a few more cave homes and lovely scenery. The sad part of the town was that these cave homes were being turned into hotels, and more consumerist businesses were being built... Soon enough, this town will also lose its traditional charm.
Well.. the scenery may lose its charm, but the people probably will not.
It was definitely an old style town with very traditional habitants.
For example, we did not see one woman out in the town because they were all home doing chores, cleaning the house, etc. We only saw a big group of men sitting at a cafe playing cards, drinking beer or coffee.... and blatantly staring at us. No, probably not because we were obviously tourists, but because we had a large amount of women in our group doing what we pleased. As we walked to the restroom, eyes would follow us, as we spoke, they would stare.
The last stop of the day, as well as the last stop of our journey through Turkey, was to see the sunset at Red Valley. It was a wonderful way to end the travel with a new group of friends, some wine, wonderful tour guide, and an amazing Professor !
~Alexa
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