Yep there's a drop there and a drop there!
So a little bit terrifying ....
followed by another drop! !
We're Marianne and Chris in May 2018,
We quit our 9-5 jobs
rented our house to travel full time.
Due to the pandemic, our attempt to drive around the world has been put on pause.
Finding ourselves in Turkey,
we are going to show you the best this country has to offer.
Well you would think this would be something unsual,
but no, we've been invited up for breakfast.
I cannot tell you how hospitable Turkish people are!
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!
It is and a good job, because I was hungry and about to cook mine, I'm starving!
We cannot thank Murat and his Dad Osman enough,
for involving us, inviting us, sharing their table with us!
They've just made us feel so welcome.
When you travel full-time, it can be quite tiring because you're always on the road,
you're always changing surroundings, you're always moving.
So we feel really loved by this family and we're so grateful.
So come and meet the family!
good morning !
Merhaba everybody!
See this, and this is Osman the daddy!
Everybody's so lovely,
look at all this beautiful food.
THE NEXT DAY .....
One thing you see a lot of in Cappadocia is horses!
So we've come down to the Dalton Brothers Ranch which is the main horse riding place here in Goreme,
we have come to have a look at some of these wonderful creatures,
Cappadocia was originally translated as "the land of beautiful horses"
and you can see why,
I just love the fact that you've got this some of the horses here
with these wonderful buildings,
and they're still using them as their offices as an accommodation here
Hello! you coming to say hello?
So Marianne is going out on a horse ride,
a two-hour horse ride!
A sunset horse ride !
As I get up, can I say that I am a grand mother !
Good job! that was a good help, thank you!
Hello I'm Marianne, lovely to meet you!
What is this horse's name?
Are you comfortable? Yes
Look after Marianne ....
ah it's beautiful,
and I didn't eat breakfast today so i'm not so heavy!
You could not carry me!
I am 70Kg - so that is ok?
That is the internation limit 90Kg - over 90Kg you would need a European horse.
These are Arabian horses, they can only handle up to 90kg.
You see that's the excuse on why I'm not coming, okay!
Okay so you know basic stuff? yes.
that's it!
okay some places we have up and down okay, trust your horse!
Yes
They know what to do, just trust her.
I do trust her.
Thank you - I am not nervous about that.
So have a good time my loveliness,
I will ! I've got a beautiful horse!
you're all camera'd up!
You get a few shots and we want to hear about it when you get back!
Okay, so here they actually do one hour tours,
two hour tours, three hour tours, half day tours, full day tours,
or multi-day tours.
Marianne's going on a two-hour sunset tour
around the beautiful valleys here in Cappadocia.
I'm not going - 1. because I've never ridden a horse before
and 2. I'm a little bit too heavy for the horse!
I am nervous as I have not been on a horse before.
I haven't been riding a horse since I was a small child ....
it will be fine, we'll be okay, you'll be great!
And they're off, there's not a chance I can keep up with you!
Are you ok? Yes
Have fun, have fun my friend!
I like it - enjoy
I'm not sure if the camera can pic it up?
But we've been riding for probably about 15 minutes and we're just coming through the valleys
and it's such a lovely evening, it's really cool.
A little bit dry, that's why there's dust,
but it's just lovely and the sunlight is perfect !
And obviously I have the best horse !!
Because she's behaving beautifully!
Wow look at this!
this is fantastic!
these are like horse corridors.
Oh no! no come on.
We're not eating now!
dinner time's later!
Do not stray from the path horse.
Just keep following and let the horse do the work.
You're doing a great job,
the horses know what they're doing,
we don't but they do.
This is beautiful,
come on come on
We've arrived at the stop
and this is the place that we came for our lovely energy bomb drink last time,
so when we came for our four hour hike with Murat
We came up here and then went up into the little church up there.
I've got to say by horseback it is much easier!
and if you're confident on a horse
absolutely definitely my choice to come hiking in Cappadocia!
How cool is this?
so we've ridden up and they've just popped the horses into one of the areas and created like a little corral for them.
How lovely is that
and they've just chucked some straw down.
How great is that!
Nice, so they've arranged for us to get there almost at sunset,
so we're just going over the rocks now and it's been a fabulous ride,
these horses are so sure-footed and know exactly where they're going,
so you don't need to be nervous you just sit tight, sit back and enjoy the ride
and I don't know if you can see we're going downhill.
and we're just going along
and you literally sit back as the horse goes down the hill,
you can see my friend there in the background,
coming down the hill
and look at this!
This is what it's all about people,
literally look at this,
coming out on a horse,
seeing the sunset and feeling the wind in your hair.
How beautiful is that!
Chris told me to chat about my experience
and I have to be honest it's been absolutely beautiful.
I've really enjoyed this
and I would thoroughly recommend it,
the horses are so well looked after.
Cappadocia after all is the land of beautiful horses,
and they are looked after,
they know what they're doing,
they're sure footed as I said earlier.
They're just in perfect condition,
so they won't let you get on if you're overweight,
which I absolutely love.
So come and enjoy a sunset by horse,
in what is turning out to be one of my favourite places in the world!
And now we have a slow walk back
and look how high you can be
when being on a horse which could be rather frightening,
if you didn't trust the horse!
Chris said to me that he would find it rather tricky coming on this ride
because he's not a avid keen lover of horses
and I think he has probably made the right decision,
because even as somebody who feels fairly confident
it is scary being so close to the edge!
as you can see it's right there!
yep there's a drop there and a drop there!
a little bit terrifying!
followed by another drop!
the tip is to hold on to the back of the saddle
and point the toes!
How was the sunset? oh it was really beautiful
Marianne bought this wonderful Turkish teapot
because she's completely addicted to Turkish tea!
We have come up and we're gonna have a lesson all about Turkish tea!
and I would like to thank Ahmed, who we met in Pamakkale for my tea,
he gave me this tea and he said there's a special way!
and my Turkish sister Sabire is going to show me how to do it, because I have no idea how to make Turkish tea!
There you go but what a cool teapot how cool is that?
Now anyone who's been following us for a long time will know,
I don't just buy anything,
because my van Trudy is very small!
and I can only fit what I have to have.
It means this is really special to me,
we went shopping didn't we?
and we found it in a market and it was really lovely we chose it together,
and I love it!
So let's make some tea,
and I think we've even got maybe a bit of birthday cake we have a little bit of birthday cake left
but let's learn how to make tea!
Okay let's go!
So this is the bottom teapot,
that's my top teapot
and this is the one where we boil the water to start with is that right?
Yes.
This is fragrant,
This smells more than this.
Oh yeah, so we're looking at the two tea's,
so this is the plainer black tea,
and this one is Earl Grey,
yes
this one is really flowery isn't it?
it's really flowery
and this one is more of a simple clean one.
I'm just gonna do my measuring so i need this is a dessert spoon like that
one of those one of those - Yes
and then this one i just do like half a teaspoon? yes this is ok
about that much of that one,
looking good?
that smells so good doesn't it?
So the water hasn't quite got to boiling point, it's just warming up nicely
and I'm going to put that on there and then put the lid on.
It's boiling i can hear it!
There it is,
now you fill the water here on the top,
now you take the water from the bottom and put it in the top!
okay now you can see the tea leaves,
they're all floating on the top.
Now you can put a little bit more water in the bottom pot
So now have topped up the bottom pot,
so it will be full of boiling water.
and the top one goes back on top !
oh so does that mean whilst the bottom is heating back up slowly it will give the top one time for the leaves to go down?
Yes !
and when the leaves have all sunk down to the bottom that is the clue that the tea is ready !
it's like a scientific experiment!
So the tea leaves have sunk!
In fact it's clear, it's perfect oh it's steamed up the lens!
Turkish tea here we come here,
and we've even got proper Turkish teacups !
Oh look at that!
So you do about half and half is about the right strength?
Nice,
we were supposed to do the tea test
but i've already started drinking it!
It's very nice, how's your tea ?
I was going to say I was waiting for it to cool down a little bit, it's cold now!
Oh you can smell the fragrance can't you with the Earl Grey!
It's nice, that's really good! My tea pot works !!
Sabire thank you so much!
You are welcome !
I've got a teapot! woo hoo!
Cheers!
Almost sunset, and they've arranged after our drink stop, to carry on a bit further .....
come on ...... oh one minute, my horse is having a poo!
Oh there you go!
Make sure you don't miss the next couple of episodes,
when we find out we've only got three weeks left to drive on our driving licenses,
we have to drive all the way across Turkey,
we break down,
have a covered test
and need to leave Turkey for the day!
How much further to go ? 24 miles whoa!
Oh you're still there
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