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  1. Today ma figghia said, "Tomorrow's Sunday and our [Turkey] trip. I'm so excited!" (Referring to our #VirtualTravel across #Cappadocia)

    Proud papa' ๐Ÿ˜‚

  2. Just about 1 km from PaลŸabaฤŸ are the amazing cave churches of Zelve. Most of these date to the 9th and 10th centuries, but some are as early as the sixth. The area was inhabited until the 1950s.

    #Travel #VirtualTravel #Cappadocia #Turkey๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

  3. When ma figghia and I are doing our #VirtualTravel through #Cappadocia and we watch travel videos of different sites, I get excited by the architecture and the iconography; she gets excited by the kids and balloons.

  4. On the road between ร‡avuลŸin and Zelve๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท, we stop at PaลŸabaฤŸ, also called "Monks Valley". Here the landscape displays the amazing multi-headed mushroom rock formations, some 15-20m high into which monks carved cells in the #Byzantine period to live a solitary life.

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  5. We've made a big loop and now it's time to head east, stopping at the village of ร‡avuลŸin and the church of St John the Baptist, a rock cut church dating to the early 6th century (hear that, my #LateAntiquity & #Byzantine peeps??). It may be the oldest church in #Cappadocia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

    #Travel #VirtualTravel

  6. Next stop for ma figghia and me on our virtual tour of #Cappadocia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท is Uรงhisar! The main attraction here is Uรงhisar Castle. Located at the highest point in Cappadocia, it served as a defensive and domestic fortress from the Roman through Byzantine periods.

    #VirtualTravel #Travel #Tรผrkiye

  7. The Tatlarin underground city, which may have been a military garrison or monastery, has two churches from the 13th century. Here are some of the frescoes.

    #VirtualTravel #Travel #Cappadocia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท

  8. Along the way on our #VirtualTravel through #Cappadocia ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท, ma figghia and I are learning some Turkish.

    So far she knows:

    Gรผnaydฤฑn: good morning
    Merhaba: hello
    TeลŸekkรผrler: thank you

    She's doing her best with the pronunciation. She'll get there!