Sunday 22/06/2014 - Rize, Trabzon, Sumela Monastery.
Rize.
Quiet town (100k inhabitants) in the eastern part of the Turkish Black Sea region.
Known for the tea and kiwifruit culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rize
Trabzon.
A larger city, major port, 1.2M inhabitants, also on the Black Sea coast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzon
Rize.
Quiet town (100k inhabitants) in the eastern part of the Turkish Black Sea region.
Known for the tea and kiwifruit culture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rize
Piles of flat cheeses from Rize.
Rize city, observed from the tea houses at the top of the mountain.
Rize, tea culture.
Rize, tea picking.
Rize tea house, melted cheese lunch, a Rize local dish.
Struggling with longer and longer cheese wires.
A larger city, major port, 1.2M inhabitants, also on the Black Sea coast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabzon
Trabzon, dome of the Hagia Sophia church.
Trabzon, Ataturk Kiosk. One amongst the many villas of Ataturk in Turkey.
Sumela Monastery.
Sumela Monastery, Greek orthodox, located in the mountains,
nestled in a steep cliff. Founded 386AD.
Sumela monastery... saturated with tourists.
I felt ashame being one of them, visiting a 'theme park'.
Unfortunately only the backyard of the monastery could be visited.
Sumela monastery, cave paintings.
Sumela monastery, cave paintings.
Sumela monastery, cave paintings.
Sumela monastery, cave paintings.
nestled in a steep cliff. Founded 386AD.
I felt ashame being one of them, visiting a 'theme park'.
Unfortunately only the backyard of the monastery could be visited.
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