Paradise Istanbul
Asmali Mescid str. no:2 Beyoglu Istanbul, Turkey
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... something else on the plate, but it’s now just a fog of food. Follow all that up with a plate full of tapas style desserts – only one of which was baklava, and you’ve got about the gist of the meal. I guess we needed some sustenance because Randy and I were pretty lousy at finding a decent meal on our own the rest of the trip. Our tour guide said, as we stood inside the Blue Mosque, ...
Bright Lights and Romance
... s and 1000’s of houses and apartments, all looking so similar as to render orientation somewhat impossible. We found ourselves landed up in the main bus station, still quite a distance from Taksim Square, where our hostel was located. We found the necessary bus we needed to ride and began our 1 hour ride through the city to our destination. What took us by surprise was the quantity of men over women on the bus. On a fully crowded vehicle, there seemed to only be 1 or 2 women. ...
Its Istanbul not Constantinople !
... late 19th Century, within Topaki is the royal Harem, inspiration of legends, folklore and exotic mystery. The palace itself is very beautiful, a series of pavilions rather than one large building scattered amongst the pristine gardens and courtyards. Covered with 16th century tiles and lush brocades the royal household certainly knew how to live. Seeing some of the royal dinning ware Jim and I have decided that we should only eat ...
Blue Mosque - Not that hard to find......(Andrew)
... in another room upstairs, just above the kitchen, ready to begin tomorrow, first thing, before the sun hits the Hippodrome. Lots to do.
We have to say, in all seriousness, being stopped on the street by total strangers as we struggled with our map, our pronunciations and life in general, we have never seen or experienced such helpfulness and generosity of spirit. We think this will be a great chapter of our story...........
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First few days in brief
I have been so busy in Turkey the last few days. Istanbul is enormous, with so much happening everywhere I look. I don't have much time now to write about everything I have done, but I will post a few pictures! In brief, I spent the first day wandering around the city and taking a boat to the Asian side of Istanbul. I did all of this with a Bulgarian guy named Petar that ...



