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Istanbul Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Istanbul, Turkey
Brit speaking funny Turkish
This is a top pick! ... of the time). Had previously met my Turk friend Sedef and told her about my parents coming and she kindly gave me a magazine on Istanbul that was unfortunately in Turkish. So took my seat on the metro with the oversized magazine on my lap. Typical looking ...
The Middle East: parting thoughts
This is a top pick! ... East seem to preclude even the basics. Jordan was about the only place I noticed even elementary consideration for third parties. Turkey, by far the most sophisticated society and who is being considered for inclusion in the EU shortly, is absolutely ...
Last full day in Istanbul
This is a top pick! Yes, we are starting to lose steam. Today our plan was not very ambitious. We only had the Istanbul Archeology Museum left on our to-do list. We also needed to come up with a way to get the the airport on the Asian side of the city in time for our ...
Politics, Ramadam, Rules, FAQ, Guy Fawkes...
This is a top pick! ... , so I am watching a bit as I live in a boys dorm, Galatarasay are of course very good and the team from Istanbul, Besiktas is who I should support...but we are already talking about the game between England and Turkey I think in April and they think they ...
Second-to-last day. The countdown begins
This is a top pick! Today we went to the palace. It was all beautiful. There were flowers, green gras,and the person who designed it was the man who designed the Paris Opera house. When we toured the palace there were huge, expensive chandeliers in each room, a christal ...
It's not funny, they are all maniacs (The Turks)
This is a top pick! ... in Kasimpasa, even the driver asked me and I said 'Bilmiyorum', I do not know. On this 'slight' detour I saw a part of Istanbul I hadn't seen before, so now two new things in one day (the first was going inside Yeni Camii). Arriving at Besiktas stadium, ...
Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... few fundamentalists, whereas the rest of the Middle East was backwards. From our own observations, Turkey is definitly where east meets west, and just as Istanbul literally straddles two continents, the Turkish people are definitly at the crossroads of a ...
THE PARK IN ISTANBUL
This is a top pick! ... character, and I may never write his name again. ... Actually - one more time, at this story's end. Once I got to Istanbul (two Swiss girls and I hitchhiked the last ten kilometers to the historic center together, from a toll booth), I wrote in my ...
Joshasaurus, Princess Kate and Mr. Mouse
This is a top pick! Josh: Istanbul was Constantinople. Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople. If I was a melting snowman, I could still go to school...in a thermos. Bu-dum-cha! Thank you, thank you. Now for the blog. We woke up and went to Topkapi Palace, the sultan's ...
Cagaloglu Hamami
This is a top pick! ... this it was time to steel myself and head to the hammam. The one I had chosen was Cagaloglu Hamami, perhaps the most famous in Istanbul, maybe even the world. It is 300 years old and is featured in the book '1000 places to see before you die.' I ...
East and West - Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... available space of grass. We are pretty sure most of the cities 12 million citizens were there! A lot of our time in Istanbul was spend wandering around the huge Grand Bazaar, with over 4500 shops tempting us with final souveniers. We inevitably got ...
Istanbul (not constantinople) - another for ...
This is a top pick! ... the excuse that I was married to the crazy Scot. "Mario, you're not even vaguely tempting" I replied. Harsh.......... but fair. Istanbul in July is horribly hot and there is little respite from the heat. It was an excuse to indulge in that ...
And now a few words from Kate and Josh
This is a top pick! ... one for 3YTL. For the whole day I noticed that there were an insane amount of stray cats and kittens roaming the streets of Istanbul. I wanted to pat and feed each and every one of them because they were so scrawny, but I couldn't pet them because of ...
Spring, Eurovision and Besiktas football
This is a top pick! Spring came suddenly to Turkey, now in Istanbul the sun is shining wonderfully and finally I see the sun in Turkey. After all the snow and rain for months, the weather is making up for it. Istanbul looks different in lots of ways now it is being shone ...
Last photos in Istanbul
This is a top pick! Hey all guys, greetings from the UK. I have loaded some last photographs from Turkey, with a whiff of sentimentality...and yes it is raining here! Cok optum to all ...
Dolmabahçe Palace
This is a top pick! ... of his death 69 years ago. Either way it was a quite touching reminder of the reverence with which Attaturk is viewed here in Turkey. After our palace visit Jess went with girls to visit Taksim square and I headed off on a different ...
Rediscovering An Old Friend.
This is a top pick! We had forgotten how much we had loved Istanbul! In 2005 we spent a week in Turkey and here we are back again just for one night and as the bus takes us to our hostel, we are already thinking we wish we had planned for a few more days here. Istanbul ...
Mosques and Meze...
This is a top pick! After all our partying in Bulgaria we were hoping for a more relaxing last week together and so in Istanbul we booked ourselves into a modern apartment in the Changir area. The apartment was recently refurbished and spotlessly clean and we had a bedroom, ...
'2 English girls in Istanbul', one day of one week
This is a top pick! ... the gate where International arrivals come out from collecting their luggage. I had now become quite acquainted with this airport (Istanbul Ataturk International). How many times I had been here now? First my arrival, then my departure for graduation, ...
Whats the deal with the blue Evil Eye?
This is a top pick! ... nbsp; To combat it, eyes are made to reflect the evil back to the originator. And of course, I bought a couple. Arriving in Istanbul was completely different from the last time I was there in 1987. The roads were clean and flowers were planted ...
Answering the call for prayer
This is a top pick! ... choppy but the sun was out and the views in every direction presented something good to talk about. The megatropolis of Istanbul is overwhelming at times and today we exhausted ourselves walking around and around trying to take it all in. I ...
Istiklal Caddesi
This is a top pick! ... was which restaurant to choose, which pastries to eat and which scarf would look best. I found a bookshop that had a good road-map of Turkey to help me when we hire the car in a few days time. We came home, dumped our purchases and then went back out to ...
Istanbul-Constantinople-Istanbul-Constantinople
This is a top pick! ... to process - so no visa yet: we shall have to go through the procedures in Egypt.). Anyway, our experience in Turkey in general and Istanbul in particular has been quite positive: the country is beautiful, quite modern and there are plenty of ...
More Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... ship back to where we came from. The main thing I took away from the day is a powerful respect for the unbelievable size of Istanbul. Depending on who you ask, the population is around 15-18 million. Oh, and I think that was the day we ate with ...
More Istanbul
This is a top pick! ... ship back to where we came from. The main thing I took away from the day is a powerful respect for the unbelievable size of Istanbul. Depending on who you ask, the population is around 15-18 million. Oh, and I think that was the day we ate with ...
Istanbul or Constantinople ?
This is a top pick! ... a city and country that one of us was familiar with and also to begin the next phase of our trip. It's my third time to Istanbul and Turkey in general, a city and country that I adore. I was first here back in '96 then '04 and again this year. To say ...
Back to Istanbul
This is a top pick! It was a long trip back to Istanbul from Cappadoccia, but we finally got in at 2am and surprisingly enough went straight to bed. Next morning we sailed off on a boat cruise which took us around Istanbul from the water and gave a very pretty view of the ...
Of taxis and tea
This is a top pick! ... . I had the feeling he had no idea where to take us, even though the map clearly showed us right next to one of Istanbul's landmarks, the Galata Tower. The man clearly had a mucus problem, and he snorted and snuffled his way out of the airport. The ...
Ready for departure?
This is a top pick! ... Here are some words from me to you about my time in IStanbul: Trainee: Charlotte Evelyn Joyce Traineeship: Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey Loves: Cherry juice 'vişne suyu' & smoking water pipe 'Nargile' Hates: Those crazy taxi ...
Looking back with fond memories to time in Turkey
This is a top pick! ... the monastery in Sri Lanka did not accept me and then IBM in China; I had my third choice and offered to me was Istanbul in Turkey - a contract for nine months. Suzan was so excited, telling me all about Istanbul and she just simply said you will love it ...