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And....back to Istanbul again.
... time such as swords and armour, clocks and pottery. The grounds are enormous...we wondered why they needed so much space, honestly it was ridiculous. Nice photos here though.
Ez courageously waited in a long line in the scorching heat for 25 minutes to go into a museum with Islamic religious artifacts in it..he said it was ok but not amazing. Ez also went to the Archiological Museum and says it was pretty awesome. It housed artifacts from the Ottoman Empire which ...
I...Just Wanna Fly!
... He would tap us on the shoulder as if looking for confirmation that we were having fun, he’d give us huge grins as he lead us to another climbing wall, his eyes saying 'isn’t this awesome’, and was genuinely happy to be around. At one point, our guide asked Chip and I to explore another facet of the cave while the others would go a different direction and we’d meet them on the other side. Of course this ...
Istanbrrrrrrrrr...
... my e-mail to Carey).
Wanting to explore the country a bit, I made two trips outside the capital, one on purpose and one by accident. The on purpose trip was a flight to a region called Cappadocia. The region experienced a few volcano’s that sucked for the people at the time, but the people living there now are thankful because the natural disaster has now created a paradise for Japanese tourists and overweight Americans. After checking in, ...
Gone to Asia, Be Back in an Hour
... there are no political differences. It's just more of the city. But we were in fact on the Asian continent - Little D's first time to Asia. We bought more doner wraps at a dockside kiosk that were somewhat misleadingly advertised at 1.50 TL a piece - the small chicken sandwiches, I was told were that price. The beef wraps (larger in size) were 6 TL, which was, of course, what I wanted. The sign just said "Doner: 1.50." Ha ha. (Ed note -- they ...
Day 232 - Turkish Delight
... more convinced that when we left Toronto (in particular) that Canada's largest city is in severe need of a massive transit overhaul and substantial improvement!!
Mediterranean styled urban dwellings sprawled up and over the rolling hills on either side of the Bosphorus, the domes and accompanying minarets liberally sprinkled throughout. By the 19th century, this city had acquired a number of names used by either foreigners or Turks. Europeans ...
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