12 December 2010

A Walk down Love Valley

We take a stroll through the local village to walk through love valley.  JPEGS 2010 12 05 Cappadocia -550 The locals greet us as we pass and we get a little glimpse into their lives in this magic place. 

JPEGS 2010 12 05 Cappadocia -551 Love valley is aptly named.  The valley is dotted JPEGS 2010 12 05 Cappadocia -577with phallic symbols that jut out of the landscape.  It is stunningly beautiful and walking through it gives us a completely different perspective to seeing it from the air.  It is good to get a bit of exercise and we enjoy the close up view of these fairy chimneys.   JPEGS 2010 12 05 Cappadocia -575 On the way back we visit the open air museum that was once the world’s oldest monastery.  It is quite amazing to realise how vast it must have been.  What a peaceful and spiritual place to meditate and contemplate life.

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The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~Mother Teresa

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