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Epic European Cycle : 2015-10-18 : To Venice

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Tip
Type	Name	Description	Service Provider	Cost	Notes	Actions
General Info	Cultural Norms	Don't be an asshole in Italy		$0.00

Travel
Type	Name	Service Provider	Origin	Destination	Cost	Notes	Actions
Bus	Shuttle from Göreme to airport		Göreme	Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport	$18.00	Arranged by Brent
Ferry	Water Bus to Venice	Alilaguna	Venice airport	Venice Ospidale Stop	$45.00	Blue Line
Flight	To Venice with Turkish Airlines	Tripair	Nevşehir Kapadokya Airport NAV	Venice VCE	$525.00	The reservation code is: 2299J9 TK 2007. 9:05 from NAV to IST (10:25), term D TK 1871. 11:50 from IST to VCE (13:20)

Accommodation
Type	Name	Service Provider	Confirmation	Location	Cost	Notes	Actions
Pension	Melusina Budget	Booking.com		Venice	$380.00	3 nights See map picture for location Andrea is very helpful and knowledgeable and offered several excellent personalized suggestions for what to do in Venice. Fantastic, convenient location. Strong WiFi.

Trip Log

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Oy. I cannot keep my nose out of other people's business. Brent and I met Brent G the night we arrived in Göreme. He spent a bunch of time with us, wearing his travel agent hat, getting to know us a bit and getting to know what we wanted to do. He was clearly focused on providing discount services to hiking types. As we spent some time exploring and hiking around Göreme, I found something that I've found in a few places before - great hiking opportunities, with little to no good information about said hiking opportunities. So, naturally I slammed Brent G with all of my ideas about how he might further develop a service center for hikers. On our last day in Cappadocia, we had lunch with him to discuss further, and then met him again later for dinner and further discussion. He was already angling in the direction of a hiker service center, but was a little stymied as to how he might do that. Some in-depth conversation with avid hikers (ie. me and Brent) helped to clarify and solidify a lot of things and it sounds like he is off to the races with developing what he is calling "Hiker's Korner", which will be a gathering place, information center, and service center for hikers. We have been helping to develop a plan to bring in some volunteer tourists to properly document hikes in the area. We're really excited about the whole thing, and it seems that Brent G is also. I would be so thrilled to have been a catalyst to make good hiking information and infrastructure happen in Cappadocia!
I started coughing this morning and through the day started feeling worse and worse until now I feel like absolute crap. When I get a cough, I often get a feeling that I describe as "like my lungs are stuffed with pink fibreglass insulation", which no one seems to really be able to relate to. I have my fibreglass lungs right now and it sucks. I'm going to take some tea and drugs and hope I can sleep it off.

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Oy. I cannot keep my nose out of other people's business.

Brent and I met Brent G the night we arrived in Göreme. He spent a bunch of time with us, wearing his travel agent hat, getting to know us a bit and getting to know what we wanted to do. He was clearly focused on providing discount services to hiking types.

As we spent some time exploring and hiking around Göreme, I found something that I've found in a few places before - great hiking opportunities, with little to no good information about said hiking opportunities. So, naturally I slammed Brent G with all of my ideas about how he might further develop a service center for hikers.

On our last day in Cappadocia, we had lunch with him to discuss further, and then met him again later for dinner and further discussion. He was already angling in the direction of a hiker service center, but was a little stymied as to how he might do that. Some in-depth conversation with avid hikers (ie. me and Brent) helped to clarify and solidify a lot of things and it sounds like he is off to the races with developing what he is calling "Hiker's Korner", which will be a gathering place, information center, and service center for hikers. We have been helping to develop a plan to bring in some volunteer tourists to properly document hikes in the area. We're really excited about the whole thing, and it seems that Brent G is also.

I would be so thrilled to have been a catalyst to make good hiking information and infrastructure happen in Cappadocia!

I started coughing this morning and through the day started feeling worse and worse until now I feel like absolute crap. When I get a cough, I often get a feeling that I describe as "like my lungs are stuffed with pink fibreglass insulation", which no one seems to really be able to relate to. I have my fibreglass lungs right now and it sucks. I'm going to take some tea and drugs and hope I can sleep it off.

Photos

From the Water Bus to Venice
Scuola Grande di San Marco
Venice canal

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