… bereft.
We woke up at 3:45am this morning for our much anticipated sunrise hot air balloon ride over the lunar landscape of Cappadoccia. We were picked up and taken to an early, early breakfast where we kept checking a monitor, waiting for it to turn green as a “thumbs up” for takeoff. In short, the winds picked up and sadly the monitor turned red: all flights were grounded / cancelled š
This meant no balloon ride for us on this trip, as there was no chance to rescheduleĀ given our itinerary. However, there was a silver lining: we got to go back to sleep for a few hours before our day tour! We napped and then spent the day touring the surrounding valleys:
Ā and seeing the famous “mushroom” towers:
(The above is a panorama, so click on it to see all the details!)
and exploring 4,000 year old underground “cities”:
We certainly made the most of the situation, but as you can imagine, quite bummed about our bad luck. Fortunately, we see this as a clear sign: we’ll most definitely have to come back at some point!
– G