Coves, Beaches & Pasties, Cornwall Part III

On our third day in Cornwall we explored the entire north coast. Yep, the whole thing. From St Ives to Bude.  Even though it was a long day, it was entirely worth the effort given the views we had.  Add in a few extra stops along the way for scenic loveliness, our itinerary looked something like this - St Ives, Carbis Bay, Portreath, Porthtowan, St Agnes, Perranporth, Holywell, Newquay, Padstow and Rock, with the Bedruthan steps squeezed in too.

I won't say too much more because the pictures really do all the talking.

An obligatory pasty stop was made along the way for a late breakfast!

 

 

And this beautiful spot of the earth is where we stopped for lunch. We just grabbed ourselves some goodies from the supermarket and had a picnic, and we even both went for a swim.

In love with my Triangl swimwear!

We made the quickest of quick stop offs at the Bedruthan Steps, just enough time for me to jump out of the car and take a selfie!

Now you know those times when iMaps tells you a road exists but then it doesn't really? Well, that's what happened here.

The First of Many Cornwall Posts

Our first evening in Zennor went something like this:

Milena: "The turn-off to Zennor should be coming soon"

Chewy: "Alright"

Milena: "(expletive) STOP! I think it was the sign back there.  Go back we've gone past it"

Chewy: "Quick let's get down the cliff before the sun sets completely".

And so off we raced down the cliff, once we'd quickly dumped our bags in our amazing hostel.  But more on that later.

We ran through fields, towards the path that leads you along the cliffs. At sunset.  It was absolutely beautiful.

 

Hometown Happiness in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

I thought I'd share a few snaps from my hometown with you.  It's a bustling metropolis by the name of Eutin, and can be found in the very north of Germany.  To be honest, after how hectic our travels had been for a while, Chewy and I were both looking forward to staying in one place for more than 3 nights (and being spoilt rotten by my grandparents). 

Above you can see the beautiful garden, full of veggies and flowers.  My favourite.  As for below, what better way to spend a morning than making jam?

So maybe I was lying about the whole 'bustling metropolis' part.  Eutin is just a small town, and this is the main market square where you can find farmers markets every Wednesday and Saturday.  It's been that way since I can remember, so for at least 20something years.  I think it's a beautiful, historic market square, and thankfully when I showed Chewy around here the sun was shining!

Don't even need to go to Copenhagen to see the little mermaid when we had one right on our doorstep!

After being away from Perth for about 5 months already, the thing I most missed was a home-cooked meal (preferably one that I didn't have to cook myself).  So i thought that my first home-cooked meal deserved a photo, and boy was it a good one.  All veggies fresh from the garden, yum!  The potatoes were dug up just that morning, as were the carrots, and ok ok, the peas had been picked the day before, and I quickly went and picked the parsley myself from the garden just 30 minutes before lunch.  There is nothing like grandma's home-cooking.

Second Day in Cappadocia, Turkey

We knew what we wanted to see, we made a plan, and we executed it.  We hired a little scooter, and got ourselves a map.  A map that somehow didn't correspond to actual roads, and nearly led us to giving up on finding anything and throwing in the towel.  Thankfully at our third attempt, and after about one hour of driving, we finally managed to get the right road and we were on our way to an underground city.  It was worth it.  Along the way we stopped in the country side for a quick rest break, waved to some farmers passing on their tractors, and reconsulted the map to make sure we were still going in the right direction.  All was well.  Here are the photos!

It's incredibly hard taking photos with an iPhone in a very dark space, and these shots are the best we managed!

 

 

Here are just some more stunning viewpoints we drove to. 

 

These next couple of photos were taken on top of an ancient castle in Uchisar, the highest point in Cappadocia.

 

 

 

Some delicious looking dried apples at the entry to the castle in Uchisar.

Our map clearly got a good workout.

And here is the view we had of all the hot air balloons going up the next morning when we left (bright and early at 5.45am).

I love Cappadocia (or rather Kapadokya) and hopefully will return one day...with enough money to ride in a hot air balloon.