Mardin

had a good couple of days in Mardin sightseeing and recharging our energy cells.
the views weren't that good over the plain as there is still a lot of cloud around from the storm that raged through Friday night with a lot of rain also. Weather quieter and more settled yesterday but noisy again last night as a huge turkish wedding reception taking place outside on the front of the hotel. The music was good though !!
Checked out a couple of the syrian churches here as well as the mosques and medressa and there is also a church serving the depleted Armenian community but that was closed,
The syrian church was being renovated (apparently emigres made good in europe and the states are sending money back) but we were still invited in to look around in between the cement bags and wooden scalfolding dodging the chap who was slinging plater at the ceiling. No hard hats ....health and safety my arse!!
Off to Tatvan now hopefully fingers crossed for the state of the roads!