Wonderful Goreme I was inspired by your blog and photos. I visited Goreme in 2010 and am returning in September 2012. You reminded me what a magical place it is. I arrived in the early hours and was woken by a strange noise at about 6-30am. I looked out to see a hot-air balloon floating past my window just a few metres away. This set the scene for a really enchanting few days. Thankyou for reviving those memories.
Poliglotism - yes! Privet, Žuanu! Ja pišu seičas po-russki, toļko latinskimi bukvami. Inače ņe polučajetsja. Polnost'ju soglasen: eto drugoj vid putešestvija! Russkij ja raņše znal otļično, teper' praktiki poubavilos'. Jesļi ir prihoditsja govorit', to vsjo na bytovom urovņe. A duša prosit čevo-to vozvyšennogo! Eto vsegda možno naiti v kņigah. Ņedavno psmotrel novuju ekraņizaciju 'Beloj gvardiji' Mihaila Bulgakova. Vpolņe snosno, jesļi daže ņe boļše: otļičnyje massovyje scen'y (kak ļegko maņipuļirovatj tolpoj), strašnaja svistopļaska istoriji v Kijeve, vozmožnost' i sposobnost' ļudej ostat'sja ļudmi.
Sam ja krome rodnogo latyšskogo mogu obščat'sja na russkom i ņemeckom. Nu, ņemnožko na itaļjanskaom, tak čto ispanskij tože čutosku znaju, a tam do portugaļskogo rukoj podat'!
amberamber first of all I will traslate your comment so others can understand it (Hope you don't mind) I had some help from a russian friend... ;)
" hi, Juan (i guess it is your name)! i am writing in Russian now, but using Latin letters. Otherwise it won’t work. I completely agree with you: it is another way of travelling. Before I was very good in russian, but now I have no practice. sometimes I have some opportunity to practice, but it is at household level (it means that they talk about common things, nothing difficult). But my soul asks for more, for something exalted. This can always be found in books. recently watched the new screen version of “The White Guard” by Bulgakov. It was not so bad, may be even better: great crowd scenes, awful chaos in Kiev history, opportunity and ability to remain humanity. Except of my native Latvian I can speak Russian and German. And not much of Italian, so I can speak Spanish a little bit too, so Portugal will be easy)))"
thank you for checking the blog and for the feedback... if you come to portugal some day feel free to say something. portuguese is perhaps one of the most dificult latin languages, but for those who master the rusian or other rich languages it won't be a problem... ;)
I think we went in Ramadan, it was great since we had the opportunity to know their culture in a special way. The city environment was magical... there was music playing all over the city and the time of the prayers was marked with different sounds ... I don\'t know, it seemed we were living in a real movie! Even without sharing the same beliefs!
At the end of everyday, hundreds of people with bags and baskets full of food, start joining in the city center, while some of them announced the sunset playing drums. It was almost time to eat! After the sunset they ate all night long!
I did not enjoy baklava very much! Too sweet for me! =P Turkish coffee and Turkish tea are simply SPECTACULAR! I loved it! Very very good! Taste it yourself!
The city is beatiful full of monuments, palaces, mosques, markets... The Mosques are everywhere and they are all gorgeous! The Blue Mosque was without a doubt my favourite, but they all have something unique and different! To enter, women must cover their hair (the female visitors have in all mosques tissues for the same purpose).
The river tour is also worth to do ... there are a lot of fishing rod rental so the tourists can take their picture while fishing =P everything ia a business today! Along the river side, while we walked, we also saw a line full of balloons in the water. The objective was to burst the biggest ammount of ballons you could with a little gun... and once again, of course, you payed for it! Nice! =)
It\'s certainly a fascinating city!
Goreme - Turkey It's a beatiful place and different. The description is perfect, this is exactly how it happened!! =)
(and the better bus from istambul to goreme is suha, i completely agree!) ;)
(sorry the english =P)
we were a bit in a rush, because we only had 5 days... at the beggining we were supposed to only have watched the Lakers game, but we ended up renting a car a got the chance to see Las Vegas and some other places from LA... hope I get to travel one day across the whole country... I would love to do that perhaps during an entire month... :) thank you for your feedback
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