There were some local folks there working on their vegetable garden and others cutting grass for fodder for their animals. There were a group of three kids playing in and around the church. We met a German couple who were also visiting the church. They asked where we were from, we said, the US, they asked if we were from the coastal area of the US. I'm from the West coast of the US and my two nephews are from New Jersey, the East coast of the US. In the minds of Germans, this I learnt from my other German friend, Bernd Junghans, that the Americans who lived on the either coast of the US are more educated and have more disposable income and therefore are more prevalent among world travelers. They are not far from the truth. It costs much more to live on the coastal areas. Being more educated we would more likely be found in off the beaten path places like Eastern Turkey. I can't imagine someone from the Southern Gulf coast area visiting here or someone from Texas, this is in no way to deprecate them. The German couple's son went to a famous music school in Massachusetts but now he is involved in the electronic music scene in Germany.
We are still in the cloisters of Dortkilise. The setting is so beautiful. This part of Turkey is so beautiful especially during June.
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