travel journal – Gato Goes Global

March 2021

07/04/2021 by Marcia

We were really enjoying beautiful Turkey with its nice weather, great people, relaxed atmosphere and good food. And we really wanted to stay a bit longer than the 90 days that we were allowed. We thought it wouldn’t be a problem. We only wanted to travel a month or 2 … Read more

Oops…

01/04/2021 by Marcia

At the last day of March we drove in to the area of Pazardzik because we wanted to go for a walk in the small nature park Eledjik. We found a nice place to camp, a field at the bottom of a hill with a lot of big rocks. A … Read more

And the answer is…..

17/03/2021 by Marcia

Last week Binkie posted a quiz online. His paws are a bit cold from all the snow so he has asked me to type the answer. We had several responses, but none of them correct! Most people seem to think we are now hunting vampires and/or Sarah Michelle Gellar. Although … Read more

February 2021

21/03/202116/03/2021 by Marcia

We spent the first ten days of February in and around Antalya, you can read about that here. After Antalya we went to visit Koprulu canyon, which is located halfway between Antalya and Side. We drove to the bridge from where you have a nice view of the canyon. It’s … Read more

Quizz

10/03/2021 by Binkie

Why do Kilian and Marcia often go to cemeteries and mosques? Marcia was a huge fan of Buffy the vampire slayer (fact) and now she has time, decided to find out once and for all if vampires exist or not. Kilian is secretly hoping to run in to Sarah Michelle … Read more

Koprulu Canyon

21/03/202118/02/2021 by Kilian

The Bridge The Canyon The Mountains

January 2021

16/02/2021 by Marcia

We started off the new year in Denizli where it was very quiet due to a 4 day curfew and a ban on fireworks. When everything was open again we had some fabric repaired at a sewing workshop. The van had quite the audience. On the 4th of January we … Read more

Antalya

11/02/2021 by Marcia

We wanted to visit the old town of Antalya and the Hadrian gate. We stayed a few days in Antalya in 2012 during our first visit to Turkey. We remembered it as a city with a lot of atmosphere, not too big and with cosy streets in the old town. … Read more

December 2020

07/01/202103/01/2021 by Marcia

At the beginning of December we spend a few days in Mavrovo national park. We found a few good places to camp but it was very cold and wet with either rain or snow. You can clearly see that the area is beautiful, but in the bad weather circumstances it … Read more

Pamukkale and Hierapolis

03/01/2021 by Marcia

One of the major sightseeing attractions in Turkey is Pamukkale. Pamukkale is a white mountain made of calcium. It looks kind of like an iceberg. It is a natural phenomenon made from the water that contains a large amount of calcium and flows along several terraces down the mountain. The … Read more