Carlton Istanbul

... Turkey for three weeks. After two nights in Dubai and six in KL that should just about do it; back in time to see Carlton and Geelong in the AFL finals. Highlights are set to include the Tour de France, the Mighty Matterhorn in Switzerland, Venice and ...

After much deliberation I have decided to take a year off to travel and volunteer. My destinations are Thailand(Teach English, and become and expert beach bum), Nepal (work in an orphanage), Ghana (again, more orphanage work), Scotland (visit my brother ...

... more time in this wonderful city and, more importantly, hit the grand bazaar with vengeance! Georgie's parents had previously travelled to Istanbul 30 years ago but the others had no idea what to expect. All were absolutely blown away by the ...

... Ritz Carlton. Mom and me jump on the metro and take it straight to the Ritz. I want to make this clear that the Ritz Carlton in Istanbul is and eye sore and it has a soccer field right in front of it. All around the area there are squadrons of policemen, ...

... was as bad as ever in the evening as people rushed home to prepare Iftar for their families. Saturday was traffic free day in Istanbul with people encouraged to use bicycles. At least this was the subject of an article in Monday's Turkish daily news. I ...

... futbol stadium, the dizzy-here sacred palace with armed guards, up a hill and onto the suspension bridge over the Bosphorous. Istanbul is actually very beautiful, especially when you can get such a good view. Plenty of trees and undulating hills; lots of ...

... our meal as he had a very long train ride to Athens, a shame we weren't traveling together longer. As it seems to be in Istanbul we spent the rest of the night sipping our chilled beers and smoking a shush pipe on the roof terrace, a true pleasure. ...

... up 3 of the top 7 places, (but not the Euro 2008 Cup) TOP 10 EUROPE: 1 Florence, Italy 86.24 2 Rome, Italy 85.12 3 Istanbul, Turkey 84.61 4 Paris, France 82.59 5 Krakow, Poland 82.14 6 Prague, Czech Republic 81.81 7 Venice, Italy 81.74 8 ...

... effective at covering up the stench of donkey. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO: Finally seeing Dark Knight, hopefully in Istanbul, after waiting anxiously for the past year. Watching Death Defying Acts, the film Chris worked on, when ...

... town centre, lots of shops.  You could do really well clothes shopping here; we resisted though, will do that back in Istanbul a. if we have the cash and b. when we get another suitcase and our Emirates baggage limit!  Did buy some beach towels ...

... just were too amused by the backpack-toting foreigner to employ much effort to stop me.  For dinner, I found a Turkish restaurant "Little Istanbul" that had the European fast-food specialty donor kebaps, so I had to give it a shot.  The food was ...