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The first memorable experience I had when we ventured out into the Old Town was hearing the call to prayer, or ezan, echoing loudly through the streets. Five times a day, when a worship service is about to begin at one of the mosques, a muezzin (chanter) performs the call to prayer over a P.A. system. The speakers are attached to the minarets of the mosque, so everyone within a few blocks radius can hear. The call to prayer is a very Eastern-sounding chant that is somewhat eerie yet ...

One of the biggest draws in Istanbul is the huge and elaborate mosques. There are minarets everywhere you look, towering above buildings, leading your eyes to yet another giant mosque. The largest and most famous of these mosques is the Hagia Sophia (Hagia is pronounced "eye-a"), meaning “Divine Wisdom.” This enormous mosque actually used to be a church. It was built by Justinian between A.D. 532 and 537. Justinian appointed two geometricians to design this ...

Intro to my intro:<br><br>Since there is too much about Istanbul to possibly write about, I am going to split this city up into three blog entries. This one is just sort of my introduction to the city. The next two are going to be about specific sights we saw and experiences we had. <br><br>Intro:<br><br>Istanbul is one of the most fascinating and different places I've ever been. First of all, it&#8217;s huge. 15 million people live here. Of that, I think I remember reading it ...

Wednesday:<br>With a few emails's exchanged, Ayse confirmed that she could host me for a few days of couch surfing now that she had returned from her medical conference in antalya. We had met previously in pemukkale.<br><br>I decided to give her a call to confirm that she was still able to pick me up at 5pm but after briefly trying to speak to her on the phone (i was sure it was her voice), she hung up on me! Maybe it wasnt her and just a friend of hers picking up the ...

after staying up until 530 am reading and sorting out some vague plans for getting to eastern turkey and then into Syria, i received my wake up call at 0930ish. i took a bus down to Besiktas ferry docks to see if i can catch a ferry up towards the black sea. for whatever reason, there were no ferries today, so i caught a bus up the coast road (European side) up to istinye, ten further up to sariyer where i had lunch ...

Wonderful night sleeping under the stars ruined only by a barking dog and the late arrival of some excitable guests. Up at 8 and finally on the road by 10 after a leisurely breakfast by the lake. 10 km later I made it to Iznik which was the centre of the early Christian church and the Byzantine empire. Later it was wrestled back and forth between the Byzantines, Seljuks and finally the ...

... Then comes the burly Turk to bathe you. I have never seen so much skin coming off! These expert bathing experts use an exfoliating mit like no other. Massage was already included in the price, and we both came away increadibly clean and asleep! The weather has been great except for one day of rain. The longer we stay the more tourists we seem to see. One Australian couple who came up with us from Canakkale demonstrated ...

... Gözleme (Turkish pancake) and ayran (yoghurt drink) on a terrace over the stream.Walking on ice-cold waters and applying mud mask are part of the activities during the day. CNIDUS : On the head of the peninsula of Datça,in a beautiful marine landscape,the ruins of Cnidus,one of the Dorian hexapolis rise.Two theatres (smaller one is closed by the harbour),temples dedicated to Demetrius and Aphrodite,the agora,the city walls and gates and the trireme ...

... mosque to get to some ATMs, but then realised that the machýne doesn`t like my pin number and we need to go back into the room to get another card! We saw a very nice cruise ship from the top of the roof. Which Steve had seen it earlier as the plane was landing! Let`s hope he has the same Eagle eyesight when it comes to spotting food! We have a very nice group and a very nice tour leader. It ýs about 15 of us ...

Leave for Liverpool airport at 3am on the day of the match. Fly out at 8am all day eating , drinking and singing. Atmosphere is amazing stadium is in the middle of nowhere but is a good stadium.3-0 down at half time but we never gave up and can you believe it we win on penalties celebration like you can't imagine. Oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Have to almost fight to get on a plane home get back at 1400 the next day. Would of paid a million pounds to watch that!!!