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Shabbat in Goreme. September 17, 2005
Two days before Dean’s birthday.
I kept thinking about the young Israelis whom we met last night. They have such rich personal inventory and they carry it with them wherever they go.
Before leaving for our trip, I was thinking, what is my personal inventory that I can bring with me to our trip. When you travel for a very long time, your traveling becomes your way of life, so you must continue with your routine wherever you are. My personal inventory is foremost my Judaism and the second is Yoga. I read more now, I need to write all the time, I take many photos and I enjoy learning new things and meeting new people. Every person has a story. I will start drawing more.
During our morning walk today, we saw a young woman sitting at her doorstep crocheting.
“Where are you from?”
“America.” Her name is Fatima.
“Want to see my home, my home is one hundred years old.”
She lives with her parents, “my husband ‘problems’ he not with me”, she continues telling us that he left, took her two sons with him to another town. She said, “maybe the boys come today”.
She presented her crafts. She crochets necklaces and scarves and try to sell us some. We will stop at her place before we leave Goreme.
We see a woman cracking pumpkins or squash. I wanted to take her picture but she waived her hand, NO.
The Turkish food does not appeal to me. Shawarma, kabab, white rice, fried vegetable. We eat too much white bread.
I decided to start sprouting garabanzo beans and lentils. I soaked it in purified water and enjoyed it for breakfast.
For Shabbat brunch we cut a large salad with goat cheese, olives and sprouts.
I need coffee. I will get one at the Internet Cafe
I heard a lot about Turkey, but never heard anything about Cappadocia. If you have not planed you next vacation, just come to Goreme, Capaddocia, stay at the Shoestring Pension and enjoy hiking to a different valley everyday. Not only it is beautiful; can you beat a 10 liras per night per person. (About $7.50).
This morning I did my yoga, meditation, morning prayer, laundry and cleaning our cave. When I did yoga in my cave, I had to adjust the poses, the ceiling is about six feet high, and so I cannot lift up my hands. When I am upside down, I look at the walls of my cave, thinking about the person who thousands of years ago used a simple tool to carve this place. Whenever I touch a wall, some gravel come down.
I am making my way toward the Internet caf?. Walking around Goreme, I want to take a picture of everything. Men are crowding in the local mosque. Do they pray on Shabbat? Some of them are heading to the mosque, others are working every day. I was wondering if they have any labor laws. In restaurants I see the same people working from early mornings until late at night.
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