Taksim Eresin Istanbul
Topcu Cad. No:16, Taksim Istanbul, 34437, Turkey
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Metropolitan Mecca
... washed Dolmabahce Palace, historic mosques, and gorgeous little hilltop fishing villages overlooking the sea. After a nice traditional Turkish breakfast, we took on the enormous Topkapi Palace. The palace was the lush seats of the sultans starting in the 1400s and is actually a massive group of courtyards, libraries, and houses rather than a single structure. You go from one courtyard to the next - each full of priceless jewelry including an 86 caret diamond, ...
The last hurrah - until the next time...
... a textile shop where I picked up a few pestemals that were so inexpensive that they man was saying - don't buy them - they won't absorb any water - but I explained that the reason I wanted them was to use them as a table covering - as the colors were perfect and that it would be a bonus if they did not absorb water. He shook his head but then understood and agreed it was a great idea. I am using one as a table cloth in our cabin as I write this.
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A day at the 'mall'
... that we are bereft of many of the necessary items needed for our trip to the DPRK. Tom needed a shirt and tie and I needed to buy some closed toe shoes and more formal wear and we also needed an alarm clock as we are unable to take our phone into the DPRK.
Do you know how difficult it is to buy an alarm clock these days, (in the age of mobile phones), especially a small one? We finally found the best of some very slim pickings, a cube-shaped clock which (when you ...
Last Days in Istanbul
... also had long hot queues and I have visited it several times. So, instead, I opted for the beautiful (and uncrowded) Aya Sofya Tombs where one can see the resting place of 5 sultans. The 3 most ornate are those of Mehmet III (Iznik tiles, 1608), Selim II (1577), and Murad III (more Iznik tiles, 1599)........time was on the wing, so I looped back towards the hotel past the grand fountain of Ahmet III and thru the outer Imperial Gate of Topkapi Palace....the ...
Discovering Turkish Delights
... have tickets, and one for Turkish citizens. At some point while we were in line, the guards tried to make the line turn instead of going straight into the street but some people didn't move, others did, and newcomers just joined on whereever so it ended up more like a Y with the two lines converging. Patrick finally asked a guard where to be and he pointed back to where we were standing so, we just stayed where we were. Well, a couple ...



