Erasmus +: time for travelling

I had an excellent opportunity to visit Cappadocia region in Turkey and to stay 3 days with local people there. Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia. My home was in the village of Üçhisar.

What did I do there?

1. I observed the tactics of the business in one local pottery shop: direct selling to customer. It was a bit comic. The seller was waiting potential customers. They looked out of the window. Then they went outside to invite tourists inside by offering warm tea. After tea there was a tour inside a shop, meanwhile talked about the history of pottery. At the end of the tour, they made a forced sale. If a customer did not pay high prize, the seller and owner swore a lot. Of course after these customers had left. They cursed customers and used really bad words. This happened all these 3 days. So, it is really nice to be a tourist.













2. I saw how the masters of the pottery made their job. They made all stuff in front of the customers. I saw, how they got a shape of the pottery, painting and drawing. All of these products were handmade and with a good quality. So, even if tactics of the selling was negative there, at least the products were worth of it.













3. I observed the relations between the owner and workers. All workers knew around 3 different languages, made a good job and new the local history well. Salary was 3000 Turkish lira. No matters, how good job they made or how well they sold. Working conditions were not so good. Hot drinks were always available, but condition of the hygiene was really bad. Workers made gossip behind their boss and also the owner talked behind their workers. Interesting.







4. I had an unique opportunity to visit many local villagers. Most of them had an enormous problem with hygiene. People were normally nice there. They behaved to me so well. But now, a lot of people there do not have much work, because of the lack of tourists. No tourists – no work – no income.













5. I checked this region with local people. So, I saw also these places, which are not for tourists. The landscape of Cappadocia was so amazing, like from a fairy tale. Everything was natural there. I highly recommend to go there – just because of this nature.

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