Cappadocia Part 1

May 10 - We flew to Kayseri, Turkey on this date along with Mike and Michelle Robinson, and Kaitlyn Wieweck.  We are meeting my German buddy Roland von Ziehlberg, the subject of my Blog entitled "Give to Him that Asks." Cappadocia is a weird and wacky land smack dab in the middle of Turkey, and Goreme, where we are staying, is like something out of the Hobbit.   

Acts 2  "And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.  And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.  And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.  Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.  And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?  And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?  Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,  Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God."

1 Peter 1  "Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia ....." 

A view of the town of Goreme

Goreme is one of the strangest places I have ever seen,

with these "fairy chimneys" poking up everywhere.

The town of Goreme lies on the other side of these rocks

Viewing toward the Rose Valley

The so-called Open Air Museum, which used to be a monastic community