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Binbirdirek Mh. Klodferar Cd. No:4 Istanbul, 34122, Turkey
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Ottomans and All the Men, Part II
... I’ve never felt more uncomfortable. First, I passed security guards toting giant guns to get to the ticket booth – they looked at my legs as obviously as if they hollered my name. I bought my ticket, and as I passed through the inner courtyard, a little woman covered in her shall looked me up and down and gave me the evilest of evil glares. Although she said nothing, I have a feeling she was thinking about my destination after I die, and by the looks of it, she ...
Our first day in Istanbul.
... water storage for the Great Palace and other buildings in the First Hill. During the Ottoman Period, the water was used for Topkapi Palace and watering the gardens of it. However the cistern had its brightest days during the Byzantium Age.
The interior of Underground Cistern is in excellent condition. It is 452 feet long by 213 feet wide. There are 336 columns in the cistern in 12 rows. Most of the column capitals are either in Corinthian or Doric ...
Istanbul: Mosques, Medusa and the Mysterious Cats
... in the same way that I feel compelled to eat cotton candy any time I see it. There is just something overwhelming appealing to me when I find something that is that chintzy. So we did it...and I have the photographic evidence!
The Markets: Grand and Spice
One morning while we were there, we got up early and went on an organized boat tour of the Bosphorus. The boat tour bit was nice. The "organized" bit was ...
Touri im Sonnenschein
... war allerdings wirklich sehr sehr laut! Mussten dann also erstmal warten und sind Köfte essen gegangen - eine Art Boulette/ Frikadelle, aber in länglicher Form. Dazu gab's jede Menge Baguette. Lecker! Nach der Moschee-Besichtigung (übrigens, nicht-muslimische Frauen mussten auch kein Kopftuch tragen), sind wir dann noch in den Kapali Carsi (Großer Bazar) gegangen, der über 4000 überdachte Läden beherbergt und uralt ist. Hatte ja etwas Angst, ...
Witaj Europo!
Lot do Shardzy mamy o 3.45, a nastepny o 11.50 do Istanbulu. Ladujemy ok 14 czasu lokalnego - czas teraz na stopowanie do Polski. Ktoredy? Przez Rumunie czy przez Serbie? Takich rzeczy podczas autostpowanie sie nie planuje - jak sie trafi tak pojedziemy ;)
Z lotniska dwoma samochodami ...


