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  • 1

    Reached my Limit of One Sight a Day

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    ... actually the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years. It was first constructed as a Greek Orthodox basilica from 360-1453 before it was converted into a mosque when the Ottomans conquered Constantinople and finally into a museum in So ...

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    Across the Bosphorus - From Asia to Europe

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    ... stands with a foot in both worlds, one in Asia, one in Europe, while the narrows of the Bosphorus bisect the continents. Istanbul also represents the last reaches of my Asian odyssey. On reaching this city, I have now traversed the breadth of Asia, ...

  • 3

    Let's all GO ALL OUT

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    ... wine, and desserts.  The bill came out to 340 ytl, haha!  It was easily the best meal we have ever had in Istanbul.  I could have eaten anything on the menu!  Thanks, mom and dad. After resting our bellies for a bit, I had another ...

  • 4

    Constantinople...

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    ... in the emotional road that was Eastern Europe, we can't tell you how relieving it was to arrive in the revelation that is Turkey. Istanbul is a city of beautiful extremes, from the ancient to the modern to the delicious.  In Istanbul it is quite ...

  • 5

    Exploring Istanbul

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    ... repetition of the patterns that you see on everything from buildings, to textiles, to paintings.   The crowds and traffic in Istanbul were something else today, mostly tour groups from the cruise ships lined up in the harbour.  We counted 6 - ...

  • 6

    Take a Turkish Bath in Istanbul

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    ... the Ottoman Empire.  In 1930, as part of President Mustafa Atatürk's reforms, the name was changed to the Turkish name Istanbul.      Most tourists stay in the old walled part of the city to best experience the history and ...

  • 7

    Mosques

    Scouring Istanbul for a bus ticket is not an activity I imagined participating in. Falco was trying to find a bus to Trabzone a city in North East Turkey, but this proved futile. Not only were there no seats left to Trabzone but almost every seat going ...

  • 8

    Taxicab negotations

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    ... building with an active museum inside).  We got some good insider advice to go to a restaurant called "360 degrees" (and fortunately the name accurately describes the view) in new Istanbul and had a great goodbye dinner overlooking the entire ...

  • 9

    Istanbul on my birthday

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    ... pick up a bus to take us to the port for a cruise down the Bosphorus. Our guide was very informative- she had come from southern Turkey to Istanbul to work. She said she had rented a house on the Asian side of Istanbul at first, but had to get up at 5 am ...

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    Day 236 - Ayasofia

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    ... most of our gear at Lynn’s place taking only our small carry-on bags.  We are travelling light for the next 2 weeks as we move south down the coast of the Aegean Sea and into the center of Turkey before returning to Istanbul on September ...