Antik Istanbul

... bad, it had no TV screens. The plane ride was borrrrrring!! It was not bumpy. I was glad when we were off the plane. In Istanbul at last!!!! We had to get visas, then headed out to our taxi and off to the Hotel Antik. The room was nice. After we ...

...   The flight was on time, and we were met at the airport by our hotel transfer guy for the drive back to the Antik Hotel. We checked in, and then set out for the Egyptian Spice market at the request of Gracey. We sampled and bought Turkish delight, ...

... converted it into a mosque. It remained a mosque until 1935 when Ataturk made it a museum. Walking arround the streets of Istanbul is also amazing. Cars don't stop for people, and everyone seems to be walking in the middle of the street. They also ...

We got off to a slow start, on this, our last day in Istanbul. Firstly, we had to "spring forward" at 3am for summer time, and secondly, the only sight that the kids really wanted to see was the Aya Sophia. It was also probably the coldest day of the trip, ...

After a long, but fairly easy trip, we finally arrived in Istanbul this afternoon at about 2:30pm. The entry visa was no problem, took about 2 minutes, and cost $20 US a piece. Our hotel transfer fellow was waiting for us, and actually proved to be a ...