We DID NOT Expect This in Turkey!

So very sadly today is our last day in Mardin But we are up early to go look for some trash donkeys So Mardin really is just this absolutely magical fantastic place Definitely need to add it to your list if you missed our last video That's when we kind of did our overview on Mardin. So definitely make sure to check that out I bet they've used trash donkeys for what thousands of years, don't you think? So today we are heading to Mount Nimrut it's about a four-hour drive to where we are staying Alex and Chloe, did you enjoy your lunch? That was really good. That's been a consistent thing so far in Turkey. It's really weird how Like in America if you pull off at a gas station and you grab some food, it's gonna be terrible but twice now Some of our favorite meals have been next to gas stations. It's been a very pleasant surprise Turkey is perfectly set up for a road trip. Yes. I know I keep thinking not that I want to go to back to van life, but Not yet, not yet, but This would be a great place to Turkey would be to do van life van life Turkey. I feel like oh my goodness. It would be amazing Maybe an interesting fact coming from ex van lifers. We hate to drive Especially me and Alexa I I just hate driving It's just the worst but there is I think no better way to see a country I was gonna I hesitate because maybe train travel is as it's close, but there's no just So like it's with cars you can drive to more remote places and you have the flexibility to Go deeper into any country that you want to when you're doing a road trip. Yeah It's all of the little moments that happen between the destination That really we're probably not the greatest at capturing But that I think that's what makes a trip we always enjoy travel so much better when we have a rental car and we just got our first glimpse of the mountain range and Oh my goodness. It is Just stunning. I am super pumped just for the hike and the view from the top Making our final approach of the mountain to our Airbnb and wow, I did not expect scenery like this in Turkey It's just absolutely gorgeous So we have just gotten to our hotel for the evening and I had to run and grab the camera because hi, buddy Because it's pretty epic Let's look let's do a room tour All right, as she said three beds, so Chloe's sleeping outside and we gotta check out this bathroom the most epic bathroom ever It's all pink Shower, shower drain We're living the life of luxury here in Mount Nimrud Do you guys remember the last place we lived in? Yeah, we went from a castle to this But the real reason you come is for this view All right, it's a very short stop to check into our hotel For sunrise Good grief girls. Look off Alexis window. Look at that view. What do you think about those rays shining through the clouds? Isn't that cool? And already Like it doesn't even matter what's at top of the mountain. This is worth it just for the views. This is amazing. It's just Absolutely, beautiful. Look at the Sun coming down from the clouds. I feel like every time we do something like this you're like, oh It's not very long. It's not gonna be very high. It'll be fine. Let me get into it. It's like Three times higher than you thought Look at the view it's worth it, but I feel like you have to do what you can to convince me to get up here So Mount Nimrud if I'm not mistaken is The highest open-air museum in the entire world sitting at about 7,500 feet So we're definitely winded climbing up and we're being extra careful considering what happened earlier this year We will not be up here very long and then we're headed right back down a lot of people have written their names on the stairs and things but there are some people that have written on the rocks and Chloe keeps commenting on it and asking about it and I Was telling her it's graffiti that that's not nice. They shouldn't have done that. But she says maybe they're just practicing their letters Yeah, everyone needs to practice the letters that is a heart that does say You always see the best in people. That's right. I am actually a little caught off guard by how far of a hike it is but man So worth it It's exhausting. We're almost there I didn't say mostly flat said it was a 600 meter hike but it turns out it's 600 meters of elevation I Lex I see the first head of the head. I see the first statue. Can you see it? Let's get a little closer Whoa That's so cool. Oh my goodness, they're huge Wow just had our first glimpse and It's it's impossible to believe that these are over 2,000 years old I mean Wow, this is ridiculous Girls look at the sunset. Isn't that pretty Chloe? Sure, buddy, I think the garden gnomes are pretty lucky to have that sunset view every day. Oh Give us the history There was an old king who Hey I am more eloquent in a voiceover form than I am in person So, I'm I'm thrilled it's actually a lot more impressive than I was expecting Like, you know, you know how you get to some destinations and you're like, oh, that's cool time to go home This is just beautiful So the reality of coming at the perfect time for sunset it gets very busy But a little bit of Photoshop will clean all this up Man I totally get why they picked the location, right? Yeah, it's a very beautiful view can you see it your hair is kind of blocking no, I can see how good okay So we were commenting on the way down that this view competes with some of the best views we've ever seen and how Impressive it is the diversity of landscape that Turkey has to offer. It's just pretty cool Thank you so much girls, they're giving that to you. What do you say? Oh my goodness Girls you really wanted one of those didn't you? Yeah, I can send out lots of postcards We just left Mount Nimrud. We are driving now toward Antakya and we are driving through The most beautiful scenery of these mountains and plains and we just did not expect this kind of landscape here in Turkey Thanks so much for watching join us next time as we explore Antakya the ancient city of Antioch Don't forget to subscribe so you don't miss it