To give you an idea how the 'road' and Izmir is, here are some pictures...
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I find these rocks incredible, never have seen anything like this elsewhere, only one small part in Turkey has such kind of rocky mountains...
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Beautiful views are constintantly around us, unfortunatly you can't stop everywhere because of the high mountain road.
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And Izmir...the huge chaos, the mixture of old, historic and new in such a different way....
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A Hamam (Turkish Bath) for men in an old building...
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Here you can see the special Hamam towels drying...
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A very photogenic shoepolisher...
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A beautiful Bazaar...
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By the time we got to the supply shops, I was a little to busy with choosing goodies, to take more pictures.
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All by all it is always wonderful but exhausting, we hit the road at 7 a.m. and were finally home near midnight.
What a beautiful landscape!! Makes me wanna go there :)
ReplyDeleteYou live in a beautiful area. Those rock formations are incredible!
ReplyDelete6 million people! Wow! My little town has 4500.
beautiful area but especially the pictures of the supplies are so appealing to me - i wonder why *lol*!!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your photos. Thank you for sharing them!
ReplyDeleteOh my ... the landscape is gorgeous! But the supplies are even more tempting :)
ReplyDeleteI want to visit in Izmir now! :)
ReplyDeletewaouh ! beautiful these rocks !
ReplyDeleteGreat pics!
ReplyDeleteLast summer I have been travelling in Turkey, and it is such an amazing place! Cappadocia is full of those weird rocks!
I would like to go back...
Those boulders are amazing. Your pictures make me want to visit Turkey, and I love the way you narrate your days for us. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteaaaah!! estos mercados son mi perdición!! y la vuestra... :)
ReplyDeletethe rocks and the views are beautifuls and " impresionantes".
and what can i say about the marcket...
Indulging in landscapes and supplies, what more could you wish for? :)
ReplyDeleteOh wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely country...
And that supply shop!!! O.o
Why don't we have anything like that over here :(
sniff... Can I come over some time? ;)
oh, the rocky mountains are simply wonderful.
ReplyDeletebut the supply shop, OMG, i would loose my mind in there for sure :)
hi there :) I'm from Turkey too. I live in Istanbul. Your pics are really great.I'm fellin lucky to live in Turkey. I found you from your etsy store. Good job :) www.izsurucu.com
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