Anadolu Kavagi Istanbul

One of the first things you notice when traveling in this part of the world...there are a whole lot of men. Its not that there are all men that reside in Turkey and many countries that surround it. There's plenty of women here, you just don't see them very much. Its that Men are the prominent work force. They work in the restaurants, they work in …

While it was a cold winter, it was at least a busy and fun-filled one. I'll include a few of the highlights here and the pictures can tell the rest of the story.

In late February, a bunch of us grabbed a delicious Indian dinner and then headed to the Abdi Ipeckci Arena to take in a fantastic show: Cirque de Soliel. We will definitely do it …

... to have a weekender 'up the coast'. We passed under two magnificent suspension bridges that join Europe to Asia. Our destination was Anadolu Kavagi, right at the end of the Bosphorus near the entrance to the Black Sea. Here we docked for three hours ...

... believe that? I’m in an area where there were SULTANS??? At our final destination, the little Asian fishing town called Anadolu Kavagi, I was immediately accosted by waiters trying to get me to dine in their restaurants. That’s when it hit ...

... , especially closer to Istanbul. The trip out towards the Black Sea takes about an hour and a half and ends at a port called Anadolu Kavagi on the Asian side. There isn't much to do here (the stop-over is a minimum of three hours) except walk ...

... one and half hours each direction and makes six stops on both the European and Asian sides.  It ends up in a small fishing village, Anadolu Kavagi, where it stops for 3 hours or so before the return journey.  It is a terrific way to see a lot ...

... pleasant, swinging us past old palaces, fancy restaurants and hotels, modest houses, giant mansions, and large bridges. We ended up at Anadolu Kavagi an old outpost featuring a castle ruin and a short hike that Erica enjoyed more than I did.  At ...

... stops on the way, and isn't only for sight seeing, but is also for locals to commute around the area.   We stopped in Anadolu Kavagi a small, and fishing town at the north end of the Bosphorous on the Asian side.  We had grilled sole (fish), ...

... past all the northern neighborhoods and suburbs and all the way to Anadolu Kavagi on the Asian side.  The "suburb" of Anadolu Kavagi is a little village that abuts both the Bosphorus and the Black Sea.  It's also a quiet little escape from the ...

... "pastures." The boat docked and we shuffled off along with the other passengers, and found ourselves in the middle of central Anadolu Kavagi -- basically two streets of fish restaurants and tourist baubles.  We hadn't come all the way out for a ...

... evening, but we had Louise for the next four days. We did our best to entertain her, spending Saturday on a cruise to Anadolu Kavagi, Sunday watching the sunset in Kadikoy, and Monday and Tuesday evening out and about around town. The back-to-back ...

... waterways in the world, for only about $15 each, round-trip. The ferry makes about 4 stops along the way, and ends up at Anadolu Kavagi, a small fishing village at the opening to the Black Sea. The bonus is a nice little 20 minute hike up from the town ...