Gypsies and UFOs

Last night four of our group went to a supper club for dinner and dancing. We had a lovely meal of traditional Turkish food while we watched performances by a troupe of gypsy dancers and a belly dancer. All in all it was a lot of fun. Andy and I took advantage of the all-you-can-drink arrangement and then found another bar back in our town after we got home. Needless to say, my head was a little thick this morning. We had a free day today, and despite my fuzziness I didn't want to waste it. I accompanied the other three Canadians over to the town of Goreme where we visited another open-air museum (circa 6th century CE). This one contained many Christian churches, all of which were carved out of the hillsides. The frescoes in some of these churches were very well preserved and beautiful.

We then went down the road to the UFO museum. I wasn't holding out much hope for it, but it was actually very interesting. It's one of only five UFO museums in the world. It had tons of information on everything from Roswell to crop circles to ancient civilisations to biblical references. I have to admit it was all pretty convincing.

We leave Cappadocia tomorrow morning and only have one more night in Turkey before we cross over to Syria. I'm really looking forward to it, but will definitely miss Turkey - it's been a wonderful experience and a really fabulous country. It's certainly some place that I hope to come back to.