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Greek house
Turkiye’s founder, Mustafa kemal Ataturk, at an old ottoman/greek mansion in his hometown.
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Rose valley
We had a short hike through rose valley; called that because of the iron in the soil making the hills red.
The town
Mustafapasa: literally, General mustafa. Originally named sinosus, it was renamed after Ataturk after turkey sent off its Greeks to Greece, and Greece its Turks to Turkey. There are a lot of old buildings that were made of stone and carved; here we are in front of some.
Cay for Two
Ortohisar castle: the middle castle. We stopped here for some pictures and tea. This is one of three carved castles in Kapadokya.
Cave breakfast rematch
Greg really liked yesterday’s breakfast. This is part one of today’s breakfast (missing the cereal, breakfast cake, and fruit). Today they brought out some toasty tortilla thing with dill goat cheese — really tasty!
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Goreme church complex
We visited the goreme open air museum, which is a bunch of church complex carved into the rock formations. Each complex had a church, theological room, kitchen, dining room, and pantry. 50-60 monks lived in each one. Each room would take about two days to carve (judging by the gouge sizes, they must have dug with spoons)
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Cave Breakfast
Breakfast of dried fruits, cheeses, bread, and olives.
Fairy chimneys
No Mary Poppins or chimney sweeps here – still very interesting rock formations
Dinner at Ziggy
If this was the amazing race I don’t think we did too poorly – it only took us about half an hour to find Ziggys
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Urgup day 1
Day one
After spending a full day and a half either at the airport or in the plane, we finally made it to Cappadocia (kapadokya in turkish). We visited an underground cave settlement (the world’s first bunkers), stone carved monastery, and caravanserai which was a free motel for traders on the silk road. Dinner was really tasty mezes at ziggy’s, and finally we got a bed to sleep on at our cave hotel.
Stuck in
Istanbul airport this time going to Kayseri oh change that to Nevsehir – I hate flying.
Wee wee
Oh joy made it to France – unfortunately we didn’t make it out try our hardest to leave parrie
Bought a 15min calling card to call Turkish travel agency – oh the fun. Got 15min free Wi-Fi at deGaulle so time to email and post
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Leaving
On a jet plane – Melissa wanted to bring along some friends to Turkey
2vine
www.2vine.com
24 Winthrop Street
Rochester, NY
585-454-6020
Comfortable, casual, bistro serving fresh fish, steaks, and pasta. Picked by readers of the Democrat & Chronicle as Rochester’s Choice for Best Fine Dining Restaurant 4 years running.
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Coal Tower
http://www.villagecoaltower.com/
9 Schoen Place, Pittsford, NY 14534
Great for breakfast and a stroll down the Erie Canal.
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Next Door Bar & Grill
http://www.nextdoorbarandgrill.com/
3220 Monroe Ave., Pittsford, NY 14534
Part of the Wegmans empire, stop by after touring the flagship Pittsford store. Enjoy the robata grill, pizza, sushi, and other dishes.
Meet up here Friday night 9-ish — we’ll be there.
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Osteria Rocca
http://roccorochester.com/index.htm
165 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY 14607
A casual Neapolitan style pizzeria, with patio seating. Hour wait on weekends or make reservations.
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Buffalo three winery chaffeured tour for two $95
http://livingsocial.com/deals/42989-luxury-wine-tour?msdc_id=66
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Anchor Bar
http://www.anchorbar.com/ (buffalo restaurant)
http://www.anchorsportsbar.com/ (rochester restaurants)
The birthplace of the original Buffalo Wings (called chicken wings here). For the best Buffalo Wings, go to their Buffalo restaurant. Their Rochester restaurants are not as good as the Buffalo original, but still pretty good.
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Priceline $6/off per night
Aug 10: Priceline is running a 24-hour special, $6 off per night when you name your own price. It’s only accessible by e-mail, so you need to register with Priceline and sign up for e-mail.
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Phillips European Restaurant
http://www.phillipseuropean.com/Desserts.htm
Phillip’s European serves lunch and dinner, but their specialty is really desserts. Their cakes, tortes, etc are really tasty and served in relatively large portions. The patrons tend to be an older crowd (as it is a “European” restaurant so the ambiance is pretty quiet.
Address: 26 Corporate Woods, Rochester, NY
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Abbott’s Frozen Custard
http://abbottscustard.com/
Abbott’s Frozen Custard, a chain that has some stores in NY, MA, CO, and FL, started in Rochester, NY. It serves (obviously) frozen custard, which people have described as a milkier, creamier, ice cream. If you’ve never had frozen custard before, it’s definitely worth a try.
Address: All over Rochester (check our their website). Scenic locations include the one on the Pier (Ferry Terminal), and Bushnell Basin’s location on the Erie Canal.
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Nick Tahou’s
One of Rochester’s most famous foods is the Garbage Plate, which originated at Nick Tahou’s. A plate of a billion meats (sausage, ground stuff, ham, chicken, etc), and two sides. Costs $5 with a drink at the Henrietta location. This plate has been featured on many Food Network TV shows, as well as being names one of America’s “50 Fattiest Foods” by health.com. You’ll get your fill of food, as long as you can keep it down.
Address: 320 W. Main St. Rochester, NY and 3070 West Henrietta Rd. Rochester, NY
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Tapas 177
Tapas-based lounge, serves fusion food with a hispanic bent. Their menu includes both tapas (small shared plates) and entrees.
Thursday nights have free salsa dancing lessons at 9:30 pm, Friday 5-7 happy hour with free appetizers, and Saturdays have a live salsa band until 2 am.
Address: 177 St. Paul St, Rochester, NY (northern end of inner loop)
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The Old Toad
Rochester’s only British pub, and allegedly the first pub to serve British ale in the US. British students studying restaurant management intern here as servers, so you can get your fill of British accents as well as beer. It’s located in Rochester’s East End.
Address: 277 Alexander St, Rochester, NY
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The Tap and Mallet
The Tap and Mallet is a gastropub with a pretty good selection of draft, cask, and bottled craft beer. It’s in the South Wedge part of Rochester.
Address: 381 Gregory St. Rochester, NY
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Spend $30 to get $60 at Strathallan grill
LivingSocial has a deal for the next 5 hours (August 8th) for a $60 coupon at the Strathallan grill: http://livingsocial.com/deals/46760-60-to-spend-on-food-and-drink
The Strathallan menu is here: http://www.strathallan.com/grill-at-strathallan.php
I haven’t eaten here myself, but from what I hear the food is good but pricey.
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Priceline deals
Create a free account with Priceline and they’ll often send you coupons for deals which are only accessible through your account. For example, they are currently running a 24-hour sale of $4/off per day for car rentals.
A friend got and won a bid for $13/day car rental that weekend (coming from Boston); you should probably also be able to bid for similar amounts for Rochester.
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$12 for $50 hotel card
https://www.saveology.com/deals/national/the-hotel-card-offer
Can use at many of the Rochester area hotels. You can search first to see what hotels are offered before using the card. You need to purchase the coupon by July 3rd, the coupon is good for 1 year.
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Travel and Accomodation deals
We are so honored that so many of you are traveling in to come share our wedding with us. When we can, we’ll post various deals here on the website. This website has some good tips for finding low airfares: … Continue reading
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