Saturday, April 14, 2012

Surfing couches in a Turkish couch shop

With one bus ride, we reached the toll gate of the highway. We were thinking it will be a success if we manage to reach Ankara before the sunset. However, we found a direct ride after two minutes, we even managed to eat and drink tea with our driver, but also listen to him singing famous Turkish love songs from 20 years ago. Time passed quickly and it was not even 4pm when we were at the road leading to the south... so why only to Ankara, as we can go much further by hitchhiking in Turkey. We wrote Nevsehir on a piece of paper, as there was a good chance to visit famous Cappadochia. On that road, not many people went our direction, so after 10 minutes of waiting we chose a truck. Yes, it was a bit slow, but after few hours of driving (and of course, break for a tea and food), we reached the town of Nevsehir.

In that town, we didn't have any contacts, but I told Ilaria not to worry, as we will manage to find something, and 5 minutes later... miracle! A shop full of couches. Open! There is the place to sleep. Naturally, we entered and by moving hands, I explained to the shop owner that we want to use his couches overnight. His confusion turned into the incredible hospitality, so he agreed and told us that beside couches we can use his stove to make a tea, TV and make ourselves at home until he comes in the morning. However, 20 minutes later, he felt bad that we are sleeping in his shop, and invited us to his house where his wife made very delicious dinner and their children asked us all possible question with the help of "google translate". They gave us very nice room, and told us to stay as long as we like...

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