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Quand l'Ouest rencontre l'Est
Istanbul, la métropole plusieurs fois centenaire de la Turquie m'a accueilli sur la rive Est. Pour ceux qui vivent dans le passé, ont l'a longtemps appelé Constantinople... Elle est situé sur le Bosphore, le fleuve qui sépare l'Europe de l'Asie. Ainsi, une petite partie de territoire turc est européen, tandis que le reste est asiatique.
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Istanbul
... was off walking to our next stop the Hippodrome. Ok this didn’t look anything like what I was expecting I was going to see, as it now looks more like a mall with a couple of pillars standing there than a place where chariots once used to race.
Next stop on our walking tour was the Topkapi Palace and a chance to see an 86 karat diamond along with other jewels and riches. Talk about busy – It was like everybody had come here for the day. ...
Kebab Kings
... a male, I am very fond of my nether region and although I understand it is for religious purposes, it still gave me an unsteady feeling being in the room (Lauren also got the heebie-jeebies being in that room and got out of there quick smart!). Apart from that, the room decorations were very beautiful, with small tiles mosaic like. A very skill full trade no doubt. The remainder of the day was then spent sipping tea, sidestepping vendors (can be very pushy at ...
Day two in the Bul
... areas than in others. On a more personal note we learned that if you are aware of your surroundings and can blend into walls then you don't have to pay the extra 15 lira for the audio guides..since your can just eavesdrop on the real life guides to hear what they have to say. For the most part they sound like a bunch of con-artists, but there were a few good tidbits here and there. We also got some first hand experience in the fact that many cultur ...
Palaces and Gallipoli
... some of the Anzac boats landed. I was looking at information plaques when a busload of tourists came and a woman got up on the sandstone Anzac sign by the water and started playing 'The Last Post' on a trumpet! I had thought that I might cry at Gallipoli because I am very patriotic, and I had said that all I have to do is think of 'The Last Post' and I would cry. And I did cry. Dan comforted me. We drove to the cemetery near the point of the first landing at ...
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