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Istanbul Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey!
This is a top pick! The bus ride from Sofia, Bulgaria to Istanbul, Turkey was by far the nicest transportation I have had on this tour around the world so far. They served me Turkish tea and snacks the whole way. There was digital television mounted in the head rest of every ...
Hi all things in istanbul are going well ...
This is a top pick! hi all things in istanbul are going well. lots of things to see and do. spent a lot of time just wndering about thre markets etc. spent yesterday at the Topkapi Palace where the sultans used to live, which was pretty cool. Great building/ ...
Gateway between Europe and Asia
This is a top pick! ... hectic days to get around some of the main sights of Istanbul. We had an awesome drive through the highways leading into Istanbul at night with the 4 lane motorways stretching fading off into the distance with thousands of cars. We stayed right beside the ...
East and West: Istanbul
... can spend hours in there looking at everything. Especially cause there are so many rooms and buildings to the museum. The weather in Istanbul seemed a lot cooler than the rest of the area but that is because there is less humidity. It was nice to take ...
Istanbul - Day 2
We woke up, made our own Turkish breakfast with cheese, bread, fruit, and coffee. We walked to Sultanahmet and saw the Ayasofya (Hagia Sophia) which was stunning from the inside. We especially liked how it housed both Muslim and Christian ...
Drinkin' in Istambul -> get up, stand up ...
Troche trudno opisac te dni, ktore spedzilismy w Istambule. Powiem tylko, ze nasi hosci sa naprawde dobrze wycwiczeni w piciu do rana - bronilem polskiego honoru jak moglem, ale niestety czasem musialem sie poddac. Poczatkowy plan byl taki ze w 2 dni ...
Aya Sogya and the Blue mosque
I have always dreamt of visiting Istanbul - Constantinople, the seat of the Ottoman Empire. Certain places and names just have a mystery and a magic to them - Samarkand, Basra, Egypt - and one is a bit apprehensive about visiting them today, in a modern ...
De retour en Europe
De retour dans cette ville aussi belle qu'immense... Je n'ai pas le temps de m'ennuyer ici. Tellement de choses a voir et a faire. Je me suis risque aux bains turcs cet apres midi et j'ai pris l'option 'full service'! Alors en gros on rentre dans une ...
Leaving Europe, one month on the road
... before but this was different because it was the place. I didn’t realize until I was leaving how much I like the Istanbul and what a great time I had had there. Istanbul is a driver’s nightmare. We had to wind around narrow ...
R & R
... provides those serving in hardship posts airfare to locations, on a cost construct basis, considered more developed for rest and recuperation. Istanbul was the choice for our R & R. It was close to us and a place that I had always wanted ...
Nobody's Business but the Turks
... , that experience taught me to remain reserved when it comes to Raki. As one might presume, I overate a little while in Istanbul. But fortunately, I had a handful of amazing historic sites where I could burn off some of the calories. Speaking ...
Mosques in Istanbul
... After a while of wandering we jumped in a taxi and headed back home. Sunday 10th June Big day of sightseeing in Istanbul today starting with a traditional Turkish breakfast of small bread pieces, some unknown meat slice, cheese, feta, olives, cucumber ...
Topkapi Palace ... WOW!!!
... that we ended up taking wasn't even depicted in the lonely planet travel guide. So travelers beware! We still saw more of Istanbul and witnessed the hustle and bustle of daily life. People cross the street here just like in Ecuador. They aren't afraid of ...
Istanbul 2
... nbsp; the attribute the problems to instigation by foreign powers and show pictures of turks massacred by armenians. after that i walked to Istanbul Mondern, the mondern art museum here. it's quite new an in a really cool area in an old warehouse ...
sunny sun sun sunnnnnn
yesterday i went with my boss to the mall so he could buy new headphones and then we ended up smelling perfume and cologne for 20 minutes... it was me and two guys that i work with and it was hilarious because there i was standing in this shop with two ...
Istanbul Transfer
Yes, Turkey. We were the lucky ones, loads of backpackers were stranded in India unable to get flights to Eurpoe. Our agent Jonny at Travel Nation bailed us out ...
Gobble Gobble
Hey all We only stayed in Istanbul for three nights, but it was enough to see that it is a beautiful city. I'm sure we could have done a lot more there but as the both of us were very tired from all our adventures we just saw the blue mosque, hagia ...
Istanbul
Sedaj sem v Istanbulu. Prezivel sem obisk bazarja ( habibi ti ves kako jih ljubim ane ;)), celo veckrat in Turki so bolj normalni kot arabci. Pivo je odlicno, kebabi tudi.... Prvi vecer sva sla malo pogledat po mestu in ker je najin hostel v neposredni ...
Where East Meets West: Istanbul
Terrace bars Shisha bars/cafes Mosques Call to prayer - sounded nice! Not too loud Beautiful buildings! Aya Sofya, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque and Basilica Cistern Harassment (harmless but annoying) from Turkish men esp if not accompanied by a ...
Day 3
Hello! I have now been in the city of Istanbul for three days. The flights were long but the excitement kept us awake, although we were a little cranky when ...
It's Istanbul; not Constantinople!
... of this beautiful city. The ship left Istanbul as the sun set and we were off to the island of Lesbos. Istanbul is a beautiful city which reminds us a lot of San Francisco because of its hilly terrain and being surrounded by water. What ...
CHAPTER 8 - ITALY, GREECE AND TURKEY
... June 13th KM START = 20,248 (Trip = 9,878) KM END = 20,641 (Trip = 10,271 ) Route: Troy > Cannakale > Gallipoli > Istanbul "How was the party last night?" asks the owner of the pension over breakfast. "The food was great!" I reply, being as ...
Of bazaars and their effect on the human psyche.
... the one in Cairo and I've walked through the mercados in Mexico city... but no bazaar can compare to those in Istanbul. These things are immense, serpentine mazes of covered streets. We got lost everytime we turned a corner. All the boutiques look ...
A New World
... guard in various places near the water. I flashed back to Crazy Aunt Carol and her warnings about safety. I knew that Turkey bordered Iraq, but Istanbul is far away from that part of the country. It seems the guards were just being safe, watching over ...
Istanbul - Relax
We awoke this morning to a thick cloud covering the city. It is unbelievable after two day of clear blue skies to suddenly have a completely overcast day. Also the temperature has dropped about 10 degrees meaning we are now cold. A complete change to ...
Istanbul
Just missed the floods the week before in Istanbul but had some cloudy days with light rain. Had a great hotel location and could walk everywhere. Went to the Blue Mosque, Grand Bazaar, Sophia Museum, Spice bazaar, river boat trip and of course ...
