Halki Palace Istanbul

Refah Sehitleri Cad. No:88, Heybeliada Istanbul, Turkey

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Petite leçon de turc

A travel blog entry by melindaoba

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... français et anglais, dont ils ont adapté l’orthographe à leur ‘alphabet’, ce qui donne souvent un résultat amusant.

Quelques exemples : bisiklet, kuaför, taksi, çarküteri, büfe, faks, fotokopi, garaj, aksesuar, et un des meilleurs : don kiçot (nom d’un magasin de vêtements pour hommes ‘à la mode’).

Et pour les pages de publicité à la ...

Bad bus driver! Bad!

A travel blog entry by kochwebb

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... another longer look see.

Back on the ship, I had some choice words with the Excursion staff and cancelled Connie and my planned dinner tour for that evening, which was supposed to be with the same tour company as we had in Kusadasi and today in Istanbul, neither of which we were overwhelmed with. We decided to do our own exploring after dinner on the ship. We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the tour boat races up and down ...

An excellent start to an awesome city

A travel blog entry by eastin80

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... with steaming caramel coloured tea.I could have spent all day in there (only by then I would probably have been divorced).

Yet another moving moment (I've changed): Hearing the evening prayer call while looking at the Blue Mosque light up at night from our hotel's rooftop terrace. I've tried to attach a video file and it seems to be working. It is very big though (70MB) and you'll need VLC.

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Dragonboat Race!

A travel blog entry by tyler_brooke07

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... final was mixed between country teams and actual ones, but we're not sure.

The final race was set to go. I was filming on the sidelines with Nathan and Chrissy providing commentary. They started off strong, but we could tell that the endurance wasn't there anymore. Unfortunately we placed 4th in the heat. But 4th in the final with no prior dragonboat experience is not half bad.

Overall, an amazing experience that we all enjoyed. So much fun and a great day.

Tyler
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Take me back to Constantinople

A travel blog entry by aubreycox

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... an hour wandering around the rooms. In some rooms the walls were draped with antique persian carpets, which of course I loved. Other rooms had beautifully decorated (and also old) Korans. There were a lot of ceramics, and paintings as well. It was a very well done museum.

Walking out of the Museum of Islamic Arts led us directly to the old Hippodrome which was being renovated. It was difficult to see where the hippodrome was, and where the chariot ...

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