The Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul.
The Grand Bazaar in Istanbul.
Fruit wine tasting in the tourist town of Sirince.
Mineral-rich thermal waters flowing down white limestone terraces outside the town of Pamukkale. You can see people at the top right.
And here's Debbie up with those people.
A well-presered theatre in the ancient Roman spa city of Hierapolis.
The library in the ancient city of Ephesus.
The Great Theatre in Ephesus could host up to 25,000 spectators.
Just before a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia.....
.....and the view from the air.
The view from the fortified walls in the town of Signagi in the Georgian Wine Region. Russia is on the other side of the mountains in the distance.
Wine tasting in the Georgian Wine Region.
The Cascade in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
Republic Square at night, also in Yerevan.
The pagan Garni Temple, probably built in the first century.
Inside an Eastern Orthodox church.
The view of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, from the top of the aerial tramway.
About to taste wine made using the tradition Georgian method. The wine ferments in 'Qvevris' (pots sealed and stored underground). You can see 2 of these on the floor on the right.
Inside another church, this time in Georgia.
The outside of one of the many Eastern Orthodox churches we visited, both in Armenia and Georgia. We were also in the one on the top of the hill on the left.
The view from our hotel window in the Caucasus Mountains.
A cable car ride in the Caucasus Mountains.
One last wine tasting in Tbilisi at the end of our trip.
September 2022
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