Belly dancing

The marina organized a summer party at Finike Grand Hotel with traditional live music.
I was invited by this attractive dancer.

So I danced with her on stage - who could resist such an opportunity.
It was also good food and free booze. All the marina staff also attended with there families so it was a lot of people.

Turkish wedding

We were invited to a wedding by Samet and Huryet. Very intersting but how do you dress, what do you bring, how do they do? Many questions but now we now.
At 7 we were picked up by a bus which drove us to Kas. It was a huge building with hundreds of people already there. His cousin took very good care of us and we were seated at the table next to the couple.
So they entered with fireworks. Samet looked very stiff and the bride was covered in a white veil. They sat down at a white throne and then a lady dressed in a red robe with gold came in. She was obviously some kind of official. She asked them a couple of questions and they wrote there signatures in a big book. So they were married.
The music started and the lucky ones danced. Soon everybody were dancing.
After a while it was time for  the presents. The couple had each a white ribbon over there necks and people started to pin money on the ribbons. You could also leave presents at a table.
After a lot of dancing we were taken back to Finike at 11.
A very interesting evening with a lot of nice people.

Fire in my ears

I went to the barber in Finike. He cut  my hair, my beard and he cut the hair on my nose and in my nose as well as my ears and my eyebrows. Then he lighted a stick and and put it quickly into my ears. There was a strange smell of bacon.

Drum concert

We went home to attend our son's final consert before graduation from Ingesund music school.
It was very nice with a wide range of music from "the ballad of the brig Blue Bird" by Evert Taube to experimental, electronic music.

The underground cities of Cappadocia

In Cappadocia underground cities were built beginning 6th century. The purpose was to protect the people from the enemies. They were down to 100 m deep. It was even possible to keep the animals there and ventilation was very good. We went to Derinkuyu where several thousands of people could live. Round stone doors were made in situ.

Ballooning in Cappadocia

Flying ballon in Cappadocia is a must do before you die!

We started about 5 o'clock in the morning. It was still dark. At the ballon bas got som information and a light breakfast. Fifteen persons was going in a minibus to place just outside of Göreme. There were balloons everywhere on the ground. The crews were getting them ready and we got some crash landing instructions. It was a cold day with very little wind.
Mike, our pilot is regarded as one of the most experienced pilots and as he is english it was no problem in understanding him. After a couple of minutes we boarded the cage and took off. He flew very low, followed the valley and occationally jumped over a stone pillar.

It was a magnificent sight - this spectacular landscape and all the ballons.

We also rised to 1000 feet and had a nice view, just like Google Earth irl.
After an hour it was time to land and as another ballon in the same company didn't do a very good landing, we told Mike that one of the ballons had landed straight on their trailer. He understood that it was time to show off. He gave the gound crew some instructions and we saw the Landrover with the trailer chasing across the fields below us. In a couple of minutes we were smack on to the trailer. He is a pro.
When we had disembarked we were presented with certificates and celebrated with champagne.