Technobird is in Türkiye TECHNOBIRD IS IN TÜRKİYE | Page 96

22. TECHNOBIRD IS IN NEVŞEHİR
22.1. Esra KÜÇÜKGÖK- Alacaşar Religious Secondary School
While our eTwinning bird ‘Technobird ‘ is flying over the Central Anatolian Region , it sees
fairy chimneys and decides to visit us.It is fascinated by our city Nevşehir’s beauty and hurries
to travel as fast as he can.My students and I make a travel plan for Technobird.First we start
from our village Alacaşar and we welcome it in our school,tell about our history.Cappadocia is
an area in Cental Anatolia and best known for its unique moon-like landscape,underground
cities,cave churches and houses carved in rocks.The earliest appearance of name of Cappadocia
dates from the 6th century.It has been called similar names in many other languages, one of
them is Haspaduya (old Persian meaning ‘the land of beatiful horses’
The most visited attractions include underground cities of Derinkuyu and Kaymaklı,Göreme
National Park ,Göreme Open-air Museum,Zelve Open-air Museum ,Red and Rose
Valleys,Paşabağ,Uçhisar,Avanos,Ürgüp etc.After telling about attractions we decide to get on
hot air balloon and see spectacular landscapes. This ride starts from very beginning of the day
and you have to get up very early but it deserves it.As you begin this hot air balloon tour for
sunrise you will start to hypnotised by spectacular beauties.You can see fairy chimneys,pigeon
houses,orchards,vineyards etc.Among these attractions , Technobird wants to learn about
Uçhisar Castle.It is the highest hill of Cappadocia and you can see a lot of places from there
without getting on hot air balloon from its panoramic sights. There are many carved cubes,
carved graves and large cisterns at the summit of the castle.The castle resembles a skyscraper
with a structure of 50 meters from the south and 100 meters from the north.Technobird likes
this castle very much.Another places which Technobird wants to see underground cities so we
get off the hot air baloon,and go to the Derinkuyu. Built on a very wide area with an eight-
storey structure, this city was founded and used by people who flee from the battles hundreds of
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