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In Konya, peeps come alive!

Konya, part II

 When we're home and can organize our thousand photos better, I'm going to do a post on all the amazing mosques and churches we've been to.  The architecture is amazing, as is the tilework, carving, frescoes, etc etc.

 Also amazing?  the fresh fruit we've been buying at the local markets.  Pictured is the tray of black mulberries we quickly consumed.  Mulberries in Turkey are so different from the mulberries growing in the U.S.  They look the same, but the flavors are so tart and sweet here.  You can also buy white mulberries, which are just as delicious, but sweeter without the tartness.

a day in Konya

 

Apologies for my radio blog silence!  Alex has really taken over since we've been in Turkey (though he did erroneously publish once as me).  This trip has been an amazing whirlwind.  In the past three days we've left the Cappadocia/Urgup region for Konya and after Konya, Izmir, Selcuk/Ephesus, and now Foca for a little r&r!  Foca is a lovely little beach town, but I'm getting ahead of myself.  For now, some pics from Konya.

Above, the whirling dervishes performing Sema, their ecstatic spinning ceremony, in the tradition of Mevlana.

Mevlana Turbasi aka the Green Mausoleum, the tomb of Mevlana, better known in the West as the philosopher/poet Rumi.