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Back when Constantinople was Byzantium...
... armed turkish men. I was actually right next to my hostel just on the other side of a barbed wire fence and 30 foot cliff. A good start to the trip I assure you. The next day started w/ a bang as I had breakfast and noticed the increasing numbers of armed police and guards around the major sites and plazas. A bomb had gone off near where I had been the previous night as a bus full of police was going by. Luckily ...
Istanbul Part 2: Hamam?
... laying on the table, so I joined them it was like a steamroom inside. The lady (the same older Turkish woman who initally helped me) came back, only in her underwear, and started pouring buckets of water on me. This came with no warning, good thing I am comfortable with water in my face! Next she scrubbed me everywhere with an exfoliating cloth, she scrubbed quite vigorously all the time remaining in just underwear. She just moved my body where she wanted it, she was a bigger ...
I made it to Europe
... built by the Byzantines to supply water to the palace and city during the summer months or times of siege. It’s an eerie world of huge columns and brick vaulting, with mood lighting and troglodyte fish.
I did get a bit tired of eating kebabs. Although they were good and cheap, I just needed some variety.
I entered the city on a bus from Ankara, which meant that I crossed ...
We've landed...
... amusing. After eating, though, our weariness caught up to us and we headed out, despite the pleas of Rasim, who wanted us to see the show.
All in all, a good start to the journey.
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SIDENOTES:
(a) Susan had me in stitches on the plane. TYL has real cutlery for its passengers at mealtimes, along with quality plastic dishware. She figured it would be really handy to have that cutlery and some of ...
Zwischen da sein und ankommen
... ließ erahnen, wie viele Menschen aus ihrer Heimat gekommen und nicht gerade dort gelandet sind.
Die Suche nach unserer Unterkunft macht aus uns direkt ein paar "Schleppermagneten", die Weg-Info teilweise "unbezahlbar"... Taxifahrer sind Schlitzohren mit der Lizenz dazu, auch deshalb sind wir mit Bus und Straßenbahn unterwegs. Als Fußgänger sind wir später praktisch zwei "mit Rucksäcken behangene ...

