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St John The Baptist is set into the rock, a must-visit
Time to stop for lunch on Day 3 of our ikhlas.com tour to Turkey and we were in Çavuşin In Avanos District, Nevşehir Province, Cappadocia. As soon as we alighted from the bus, we saw a magnificent church called St John The Baptist Church towering above on a cliff. We could see visitors walking around the church and I really wanted to join them, but we were only there for lunch, not to climb up for a panoramic view of the town or to admire this ancient church from the inside. Note to self: come back here on my 2nd trip to Cappadocia.
Çavuşin is a very charming town and we walked a little uphill to get to the restaurant where we were to have lunch. Along the way, we saw a few friendly and cute cats hanging around the restaurant. I had one of my better Turkish meals here. The yoghurt soup was the best I have had in Turkey, the most memorable anyway. I did ask for a bit more as I love anything with yoghurt in it.
Lunch at this restaurant was better than average. After half a day of visiting the must-see sites of Cappadocia, we were all famished. The beef stew was good quality but I could have done with a bit more in terms of quantity haha! On the way back to the bus, most of us stopped by a souvenir shop where prices were reasonable.
