From Istanbul we flew to Cappadocia, Turkey to celebrate our 1 year wedding anniversary a bit early. The highlight of this stay was the hot air balloon ride. Any attempt to describe this with text would not do it justice, so instead check out the photos we added.


After the ride, we were surprised with a cake and champagne for our anniversary. We got to know the captain of our ride, Murat, who had also lived in San Francisco for a few years where he got his architecture degree and now does that as a side job when he's not captaining the hot air balloon.


One of the inspirations for us going to Cappadocia was a YouTube video from one of our favorite musical artists, Ben Bohmer, which we watched more than a few times during the COVID lockdowns. We later found out that Murat had also been the captain for Ben Bohmer when he recorded this video.


Other than the hot air balloon ride, we did some hiking and mostly took it easy in Cappadocia.


Reading:

  • Kyle: The Good Spy by Kai Bird
  • Kelsey: The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk

Listening To: