Cappadocia, Turkey

In Cappadocia, we had the chance to visit Derenkuyu Underground City! The Christians built these cities to be able to hide from the marauding Persians in the 9^th and 10^th centuries. The Persians' objective was to kill the Christians. The biggest cities could hold up to 20,000 people including supplies and animals! These cities have narrow and claustrophobic passageways! One of them was so small I was scared to go in!

The Christians were alerted to the Persians arrival by signals that travelled all the way from Jerusalem! Lighted torches passed the signals from one person to the next and so on! We enjoyed exploring them!

Audrey

Cavusin Village

Cavusin cave houses

Cappadocia rock features

Church in Ihlara Valley

Uchisar Village

Audrey exploring underground city in Derinkuyu

Cave hostel in Goreme

Uchisar Castle

8th Century Frescoe in Ihlara Valley church