Crochet inspiration from Turkey

Soms zit ik zo eens door mijn oude reisfoto's te snuisteren, dat doen jullie vast ook weleens. En tussen de 'Goh, wat was het hier mooi' en de 'Wat jammer dat ik die spijkerbroek niet meer heb' en de 'Waarom heb ik daar in vredesnaam geen mascara op' en andere diepe gedachtes had ik ineens een 'Hé, gehaakte dekens' moment. Mijn oog viel op een foto van een aantal oude dames en een meisje dat op de stoep zat te haken en kletsen.

Sometimes I am browsing through my old travel pics, as I am sure you all do sometimes, and I had some incredibly deep thoughts. Like 'Ooh, it's so pretty there' and 'What a shame I don't have that pair of jeans anymore' and 'Why on earth am I not wearing mascara that day?', you know... all phylosophical. And then my mind went to 'Hey look, crochet blankets'. A much better pondering I would think. My eye caught a picture that I took from a bunch of ladies and a girl, sitting by the side of the road, crocheting.

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My week in photos #9

Deze week:

- Begon ik als de wiedeweerga aan een nieuwe gehaakte deken! Hij moet binnenkort al af, dus ik moet nog even flink door haken!

- Droomde ik nog even weg bij de vakantie naar Turkije. De stedentrip Istanbul was weer heerlijk. Ik schreef dan ook over mijn twee nieuwe favoriete buurtjes: Cihangir en Çukurcuma waar je geweldig vintage kunt shoppen en zulke leuke cafés hebt.

- Bakte ik een flan, die nog geweldig lukte ook! Puur uit noodzaak hoor, ik had nog een pak melk staan dat anders over de datum zou gaan.

- Zag ik mijn éérste bloempie in mijn 'Bag to Nature' (van Natuurmonumenten) verschijnen. Hoera voor geduld!

Hoe zag jouw week eruit? Vertel!

This week I:

- Started like lightening on a new crochet blanket. This one has to be done soon, so I better hurry up!

- Had some more daydreams about our trip to Turkey. Oh, how I loved being back in Istanbul. Completely fell in love with the Cihangir and Çukurcuma neighbourhoods that are just like Paris. The vintage, the cafés, the bookstores. Ah!

- Made a flan, and it tasted great! And to think that I just made it 'cause I had a large carton of milk sitting around doing nothing.

- Saw the first little violet appear in my little balcony garden. Love it.

So tell me! What did your week look like?

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Cappadocia

The advantage of backpacking and not planning anything, like me and the man always do, is that there's lots of room for spontaneous actions that turn out to be fantastic.

After 3 days in Istanbul we figured we had the time to see more of Turkey. So we booked a domestic flight to Nevsehir and discover Cappadocia for 4 days. And what a great idea that was. If you ever get the chance: book yourself in a cute cave hotel, like the Cave Life Pension (where we stayed), in Göreme and just be in awe the next couple of days.

 

Isn't it gorgeous? It was súch a pleasure to just hike and enjoy the amazing landscapes of fairy chimneys, Christian churches from the 1st and 2nd century inside the rocks (wíth the original paintings still in there!) and spring blossoms.

~What a wonderful country~

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Turkish tea

Enjoying Turkish tea in the sun, how wonderful. They sure know their tea in Turkey and I love the glasses and the pottery. They use the bowl to put sugar cubes in. Doesn't it just make you smile. I am smirking from ear to ear.

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