Allstar Green Park Bostanci Hotel Istanbul

... smiled and presented me the bike, "all fixed!" I smirked, shook my head in amazement and exclaimed "No," pointing to the bigger, newer looking one behind him. Ten minutes later the alternate moped and I were on our way. My first stop was a town about 8 km east called Sirince (Pronounced Ser-in-che). To my delight, brown signs with arrows directed me towards Sirince. Once out of the town and on the open road I spotted my destination, nestled ...

... br>Well...what luck. There in front of us was a sign for Adem's Barber shop. Climbing the narrow staircase, Carlos made the introduction and deemed the establishment sufficiently spic and span. I followed skeptically, having already agreed to join the fun. <br><br>The shop owner, Adem was a young guy with a good grasp of English and a wit as sharp as his razors. When he found out we were Americans (rare tourists after the Italians, Spaniards and Brits) he told us in his ...

... my turkish skills and it does take me a little while to form the correct sentence of what i want to say but thats alright because people are patient. i was actually supposed to be working only with the store manager and the floor manager of women's formalwear but ive ended up floating around from department to department and i am glad that it worked out this way otherwise i wouldnt have met so many great ...

... vegetarian this time - I had the equivalent of a cheese pizza - but I did have some good Mezzes) then it was off to our Turkish Bath. I guess I need to record everything that happened, because I'm not sure if I will ever get this experience again! First Morganne and I were sent to a changing room - Jeff to his own changing room. Morganne and I were given some cotton shorts and a string bikini type top. Morganne and I had to ...

... think halalala.... ) followed by Crowded House?? Not sure that we paid all this money to come to Turkey to listen to Kiwi Music?? Beer and Kebaps for dinner - Quality!!! Efes Pilsner for life We have the day in Istanbul tomorrow to do some sightseeing before heading off on our trip Sunday morning. If you want to view our itinerary it is our links section on the home home page. We will put some pics up when we can. Ciao for now

I'm sure if you all have been following the news but a few weeks ago on July 9th there was a shooting outside of the American Embassy in Istanbul, Turkey (my next port). We were assured that everything was under control and a Radical Islamic group had already taken responsibility and we were still on course. However, last night at 10 p.m. there was ...

... frescoes. I went to the little Mosaics Museum near the Blue Mosque, which turned out to be really interesting and not what I had expected. It's one huge floor mosaic - or what's left of it - from a 6th century palace built by Emperor Justinian. It was discovered and people tried to preserve it back in the 1930s, but what they did only caused more damage. Finally, in the 1980s, the Turks and the Austrians got together to save it ...

... you come from" arises, we say "Taiwan." This response usually provides no reply because I think they've never met someone from Taiwan or even know where Taiwan is. I say this because if you said Japan, they would jump into Japanese and if you said Korean, you'd get a "Anyohasayo" or something of that nature. Irrespective, with a "Taiwan" response, we could "kaja" out of there and usually weren't bothered further. Now, I don't really understand why the mighty powers that ...

... we have it?" he asks straightfaced, betraying no sign of recognition nor jest. "Do you have some sort of receipt?" (no) "So you just handed over two passports to someone in this consulate and didn't ask for a receipt. Ýnteresting." A nice unspoken undercurrent of don't you know this is a dangerous world we live in. And then, as if he had been up all night watching David Copperfield videos he pops them up onto the desk. Ýts ...

... tühj*delt l*ud*delt s*i*puru. Söök oli k* üsn* lihtne: vorstivõileib, mun*, kurgi- j* tom*tiviilud jms.<br><br>Järgmisel päev*l kül*st*sime veel Gr*nd B*z**ri, kus toimub l*kk*m*tu k*uplemine j* kis*mine ning tundub, et se*lt s**b end*le ig*üks mid*gi - olgu see siis riideese, kuldkett, n*hkt*gi või kodut*rbed. Enne turule minekut käisime v**t*m*s k*l*mehi j* v**tepilt p*ni tõesti *hhet*m*, sest kogu sild oli täis õngitsev*id mehi! K*s tõesti niimoodi on tore k*l ...