Travel tips for Cappadocia, Turkey

Walnut Creek residents Estela Joloya and John Ferrera Jr. visited Alaska last spring hoping to glimpse the Northern Lights – and they lucked out on their first try. (Courtesy Estela Joloya)

It’s been a summer of air travel delays and heat waves, but our intrepid readers have been traveling the world despite all that, exploring cities from Tokyo to Montreal, discovering spectacular ruins in Guatemala and sightseeing on the islands of the Azores. And they’ve been sharing their adventures with us along the way.

Wish You Were Here

TURKEY: Mountain View residents Bill and Marsha Adler visited Cappadocia at the outset of their Overseas Adventure Travel tour of Turkey, Greece and the Aegean Sea. “Here we are in Cappadocia in front of the unique and awe-inspiring rock formations that have been — and still are — homes for centuries,” Bill says. “Turkey is a fascinating and surprising country, well worth at least a week. Istanbul, Cappadocia and Ephesus are not to be missed.”