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Turkey tour 1
... have collapsed due to the sandy rockiness of it. Anyway that's just the first day or 2 of the whole campaign. The whole place was really peaceful, like a cemetery, I didn't feel an eerie presences. What took my breath away though was seeing grave stones with people my age, younger and older, with last names the same as some people I know. Lone pine was amazing to see the size of land they were fighting over (about a rugby field) and in I think 3 or 4 waves of ...
Contiki in Turkey
... I was rather hot and bothered by the time I got there as Istanbul was about 38 degrees. Our first day of the tour we went back into the spice markets and grand Bazaar. I did buy some beautiful handwoven silk pashminas that have the most brilliant colours. We also visited the blue mosque. Ramadan was on while I was in Turkey so the mosque was very busy. Our tour took us to the Gallipoli peninsula. I think this was a definite highlight of the tour but sadly we didn't get to ...
Endings
... and soak up an English speaking culture for a few days before I move to India for the next ten months. I thought about going somewhere I have never been before and taking advantage of the time that way - in Turkey, maybe - but decided I wanted a little time to recharge instead might be better. So here I am!
The funny part is thanks to Facebook. A good friend of mine from New York posted on Monday morning that she was awake at 7am in London and was ...
De Bosporus op (3)
... afstanden. Vervolgens lijdt ons pad naar de Bosporus. Met een twee uur durende boottocht verkennen we de Bosporus, wel een "must” als je je ten doel hebt gesteld Europa te verkennen langs zijn rafelende randen. Vanuit de Gouden Hoorn steken we de Bosporus op. Als we via stuurboord gaan komen we in de zee van Marmaris en als we bakboord uit gaan blijven we op de Bosporus. In dit ...
Churches and Mosques.
... which to recharge the card. In fact, they didn't even have machines to buy tokens! If you didn't already have something bought, you were out of luck... and we were! We followed the tram line back toward Galata Bridge, and finally, at the Eminonu stop, we found a token machine to get us back to the funicular station at Kabatash where we could reload the cards. I think it's pretty silly that there are three stops in a row with ...