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Welcome to the home of Dracula

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Before we could make it to the border between Turkey and Bulgaria, we had our first ever flat tire on a highway 100km behind Istanbul. Fortunately, we weren`t going more than 100km/h at the time. My human, although she had no idea what was producing such a weird noise and a drastically altered driving experience, reacted calmly and pulled over on the shoulder right away. Having been a member of the ADAC, the German road side assistance, since we started this little adventure five years ago, we called their service number and after about half an hour a service man pulled in beside us, pumped up the tire to see where the leak was, fixed it with some kind of small rubber tube thing, pumped it up again and that was that. We were on our way again! The last night in Turkey The crossing into Bulgaria was quick, but there is a mandatory disinfection of all cars, which you obviously pay for. Three hours later we were at the crossing into Romania. There were no checkpoints at all for passport co...
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Cappadokia and crazy traffic in Ankara

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Where we let off last week was the furthest point away from home on this years journey. From now on, we are on our way home. In fact, this is our last week in Turkey. It did come with a highlight, though: Cappadokia! Cappadokia is in Central Anatolia and a region of exceptional natural wonders, in particular characterized by fairy chimneys.  A fairy chimney is a tall, thin spire of rock formed by erosion. They typically consist of relatively soft rock topped by a harder, less easily eroded stone that protects each column from the elements. They  generally form within sedimentary rock and volcanic rock formations. They are not unique to Turkey but can be found in other parts of the world as well, mainly in the United States and Mexico, but also in Armenia, Serbia, Taiwan and Japan, even in France.  But still, they are a rather special sight and unlike anything we had ever seen before. What is unique, though, is that here people have carved rooms, whole apartements and even...
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