![The Mausoleum of Ataturk ('Father of the Turks,' founder of the Turkish Republic) reminded me of Lincoln's Memorial. To the Turks, Ataturk is Lincoln plus Washington with a dash of Jefferson.](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/01-DSC_0014.jpg?resize=692%2C459)
The Mausoleum of Ataturk (‘Father of the Turks,’ founder of the Turkish Republic) reminded me of Lincoln’s Memorial. To the Turks, Ataturk is Lincoln plus Washington with a dash of Jefferson.
![Anatolian Civilization Museum: Incredibly lifelike ancients, frozen in the act of hammering out their existences](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/02-DSC_0032.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Anatolian Civilization Museum: Incredibly lifelike ancients, frozen in the act of hammering out their existences
![Anatolian Civilization Museum: These clay tablets preserve messages written in cuneiform.](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/05-DSC_0039.jpg?resize=682%2C1024)
Civilization Museum: These clay tablets preserve messages written in cuneiform.
![Civilization Museum: A wooden comb! Just what I'd like to use on my hair](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/06-DSC_0043.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Civilization Museum: A wooden comb! Just what I’d like to use on my hair
![Civilization Museum: I first encountered this image as a slide in Art History class: the oldest known landscape painting](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/03-DSC_0034.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Civilization Museum: I first encountered this image as a slide in Art History class: the oldest known landscape painting
![See the houses and the volcano?](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/04-DSC_0036.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
See the houses and the volcano?
![Civilization Museum: These girls petitioned for a photo with me](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/07-DSC_0045.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Civilization Museum: These girls petitioned for a photo with me
![Our typical lunch break: cafeteria-style restaurants hosted by gas stations](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/08-DSC_0046.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Our typical lunch break: cafeteria-style restaurants hosted by gas stations
![Baklava: Another delight of Turkish confections](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/09-DSC_0047.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Baklava: Another delight of Turkish confections
![Candied chickpeas - a favorite Turkish snack](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/10-DSC_0050.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Candied chickpeas – a favorite Turkish snack
![I perch in the remains of a Hittite citadel](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/11-DSC_0055.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
I perched in the remains of a Hittite citadel
![Hittite citadel: Germans reconstructed the walls in the distance with original materials](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/12-DSC_0060.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Hittite citadel: Germans reconstructed the walls in the distance with original materials
![Dr. G, intrepid explorer](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/13-DSC_0066.jpg?resize=682%2C1024)
Dr. G, intrepid explorer
![The whole crew, braving the Lion Gate](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/14-DSC_0072.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
The whole crew, braving the Lion Gate
![Lunching on kabobs](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/16-DSC_0062.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Lunching on kabobs
![Chicken kabobs, to be precise](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/17-DSC_0063.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Chicken kabobs, to be precise
![We detoured for many unusual rock formations in the region of Cappidocia](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/18-DSC_0115.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
We detoured for many unusual rock formations in the region of Cappidocia
![The first camels I spotted in Turkey! I didn't ride them, either](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/19-DSC_0130.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
The first camels I spotted in Turkey! I didn’t ride them, either
![Cappidocia: We descended into a city carved underground, our 6'7" Addison muttering poetry to stave off claustrophobia in the tunnels.](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1-DSC_0021.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Cappidocia: We descended into a city carved underground, our 6’7″ Addison muttering poetry to stave off claustrophobia in the tunnels.
![Early Christians chiseled churches out of mountains, adorning the ceilings with saints, angels, and Christ](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/22-DSC_0118.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Early Christians chiseled churches out of mountains, adorning the ceilings with saints, angels, and Christ
![With Addison and Meredith, resting from the churches expedition](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/23-DSC_0120.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
With Addison and Meredith, resting from the churches expedition
![Cappidocia: We formed a tiny church of our own in the hotel's conference room, our first Sunday in Turkey. Dr. G led us in readings from 1 Peter, Isaiah, Psalms, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Lord's Prayer](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/24-DSC_0125.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Cappidocia: We formed a tiny church of our own in the hotel’s conference room, our first Sunday in Turkey. Dr. G led us in readings from 1 Peter, Isaiah, Psalms, the Book of Common Prayer, and the Lord’s Prayer
![Antakya: In lieu of a visit to Antioch, we gaped at Roman mosaics in a world-renowned museum. Ready to install this piece in your bathtub?](https://i0.wp.com/thevanishingpoint.world/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/25-DSC_0130.jpg?resize=692%2C460)
Antakya: In lieu of a visit to Antioch, we gaped at Roman mosaics in a world-renowned museum. Ready to install this piece in your bathtub?
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Beautiful and wonderful and exotic!
Katie,
Daddy and I sat down and looked ugh your posts together. He hadn’t seen them yet.
Very nice says he. Keep posting for us please.
Aw, I’m so glad. Would you prefer more photo galleries or more stories?