One of the real highlights of my trip through eastern Turkey was the visit to Achtamar, the Church of the Holy Cross, which is on a little island in Lake Van. The church is 800 years old and was inhabited by monks for centuries. Restored in recent years, it is a lovely place to visit, especially on the sunny spring day with green grass all around and the snow still on the mountains around Lake Van. I put together a short slideshow of some of the pictures that I took.