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Istanbul - the land of trash and treasure
Welcome to Istanbul; the city of extremes, where East meets West, old meets new and huge mosques squat over the never ending skyline.
Our time in Turkey was going to finish in the old Capital (it's now Ankara) and the city formerly known as Constantinople, we were also excited as we were meeting up with Tian and Sacha for the four days and we were keen to talk to someone else again and of course resume our 500 card game battles 'of old.'
So our days were ...
Istanbul
... HOT. I went back to my hostel and made some friends with some of the people there and hung out with them that night. We went into the city and went to a few bars and clubs. I fell in love with the Turkish music…everybody has so much fun dancing to it. The music was good but the clubs were an interesting experience…really jam packed, hot and people everywhere on the streets.
The next day I slept in a little and then went to the Blue ...
Deux ogres à Istanbul
... possible pour y passer le minimum de temps.
C'est plutôt dans des endroits tout à fait ordinaire que nous avons eu le plus de plaisir
et de surprises:
- Une petite confiserie produisant les meilleurs baklavas que j'ai mangés de ma vie entière et où les employés se sont amusés à essayer d'être plus grand ...
Back when Constantinople was Byzantium...
... and a day in an underground city must have sounded very nice at the time (no bright sun in a dark, cool place and rejuvenating mineral springs in the mountains). So after running to the tram to catch a metro for the bus to the ferry over the marmara to bursa I then wondered around until I came to the University of Uludag in Bursa set below a bald snow covered mountain where a free dinner and couch awaited my arrival...
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Istanbul vibes
... de música (ou discos, como dizem) ou mesmo de filmes (há quem fale em peliculas...). Não, vamos ao óbvio. Ao directo. Vamos caminhar pelo centro de Istanbul, o palco onde muito se passa e muito se percorre:
- Aqui sou quase turco, estes senhores são incrivelmente parecidos comigo, connosco, tirando um ou outro pormenor de estrutura: temos uma taxa de incidência de cabelo lambido para a frente à la Tino de Rans, de cerca de 71% ( ...
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