The Bosphorus Bridge Istanbul

Nach einem angenehmen 3 1/2 Stunden Flug mit Sun Express sind wir nun heile in Istanbul gelandet. Danach ging es mit Linienbus, Fähre und Taxi ins Sydney Hostel, in dem wir 1. we***** zahlen mussten als ausgemacht, 2. Internet, Safe und Drucken für umstonst bekamen und 3. ein super Frühstück aufm Rooftop mit Blick auf den Bosphorus genießen durfen …

Today we rode a ferry as it cruised on the historic Bosphorous, a strait between The Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara. The sky was clear and the air was crisp for the six hour journey. The round trip begins on the southern end of the strait near the heart of Istanbul and reaches its midpoint (turn around) at the mouth of The Black Sea near the …

My second day in Ankara.

The weather today was really warm and lovely, almost 25 degrees Celcius. After having breakfast, we headed over to the Topkapi palace grounds. There was an enormous queue for entry to the palace, so we decided to check out the palace later on. Instead we walked around the Old City Walls and the palace grounds. We …

We started the morning of the last day of April with a delicious breakfast buffet at our hotel Kent. There was so many options to choose from; a variety of muffins and cakes, bread, salad and cheeses. I absolutely loved the muffins, which were topped with almonds and pistachio crumbs and weren't sweet. The Turkish tea was also very good.

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Well what a week. A week we will never forget. Turkey was Incredibly beautiful, friendly and fun. Something we didn't expect at all. Another thing we have ticked off the bucket list along with 6,000 other Australian’s and New Zealanders who made the pilgrimage to ANZAC cove. That was exciting enough let alone the history the country has …

We vowed to not let the New Year's Eve celebrations detract from sightseeing, and so we took the first day of 2013 by the horn and made the most of our time in Sultanahmet.

We started off with the Istanbul Archaeology Museum, which, I heard, housed the sarcophagus of Alexander the Great. While there is a sarcophagus named Alexander at the …

Again we slept very soundly, but at least we were up in good time to have a good breakfast while once again admiring that fabulous view. The selection on offer was Turkish and included olives and cold meats and various pastries as well as gorgeous fresh fruit which we particularly enjoyed. The melon, cherries and apricots were fantastic!

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See, what I did there was utilize a food metaphor of a chicken in a duck in a turkey to simultaneously connect the reader to the fact that this blog is written about Turkey and to imply that it was a "stuffed" day, all the while employing humor to get my audience positively predisposed before reading.

Woke up early enough to get in a run …

... Asia, is a beautiful water backdrop for the city. __________________________________________________________________________________________  We crossed the Bosphorus Bridge then took a public ferry on the Bosphorus to the Black Sea. ...

... There were also some pretty gardens. Unfortunately no photos were allowed inside the palace, so I have none. After this we took the bus across the Bosphorus Bridge to the Asian side. The signs all said 'Welcome to Asia'. Having not been in Asia since ...

... stadium (Ali Sami Yen) which was lit up very brightly. A football match had clearly just finished!   We passed over The Bosphorus bridge which passes over the Bosphorus at a length of 1,510 metres, about 65m from the sea. It connected Beylerbeyi on ...

... dinner, we went to Asia! Ha...since I hadn't crossed over the bridge yet, my host offered to take me across the Bosphorus bridge (connecting Europe to Asia) and so we went over to Baghdad (bagdat in Turkish). Was pretty cool to see that there ...

... roof-top terrace table, with terrific views right up and down the water – all of the sights of Istanbul from the Bosphorus Bridge to the Hagia Sophia softly lit and shimmering, with all the boat traffic of the busiest waterway in the world buzzing ...

... ;  What a room.  I had been upgraded to a corner suite in the main building with views north from the Bosphorus Bridge linking Europe and Asia south to the Sultanahmet area of the city with its distinctive skyline of the city's oldest and ...

... the time we had crawled into Taksim Square it was already 8.30pm. However, I was pleased that we had crossed the Bosphorus Bridge on our journey – interesting from a geographical perspective as it connects the continents of Asia and Europe. Our ...

... side of Istanbul could be seen while several boats navigated the choppy waters.  Above me, I was being overshadowed by the Bosphorus Bridge as I admired its structure from underneath looking quite small in its presence.  The sky was blue and ...

... 4 hour drive. The roads toward Istanbul were great, and there were some pretty spots, but the traffic choked up quite badly approaching the Bosphorus bridge. Once across the bridge we managed to find our way to the parking lot on the Sea of Marmara that ...

... it was 5:00pm and we had the rest of the day at leisure in which Michel and I wandered once again along the familiar streets of Istanbul as well as explored new avenues which gave us another outlook of the city’s life and culture. We eventually ...