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Day 3: Underground, Overground ...
... packed with open front shops selling absolutely everything you could possibly want from garden tools and fencing to wooden spoons and barbecue forks to water boilers and fishing rods to party poppers and carrier bags. Fascinating! This street led into the famous Spice Market with numerous stalls where every spice you can think of was laid out in intricate displays. We also saw displays of more varieties of Turkish Delight than it is possible to imagine!
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Istanbul Exploring
... by the Ottoman Empire with completion in 1557. We entered from the main courtyard where you have a beautiful view of the minarets and the grand entry to the mosque. The architect attempted to rival Hagia Sophia. It is not as large as Hagia Sophia but it feels more open due to the buttresses being incorporated inot the walls of the dome. After ...
By the Bosphorus
If I can describe the weather in my 2nd day in Istanbul: PERFECT. But the whole day? Eh, not so much, but at least I was able to do everything as expected.
Today is my traditional Bosphorus tour day, and the weather was much better than yesterday's. The sunny was finally fully visible, and the sunlight created a magical scenic view on the Bosphorus, that I had to eat breakfast outside - as if I didn't care if I get sunburnt.
The tour stops ...
Turkish Delights
... 8211; real cattle truck stuff. When we got to Istanbul the visa/passport controls were so slow that our luggage had disappeared from the baggage claim. It had been taken off the carousel and stacked and eventually the airport 'lost luggage' people found it for us. We then found the guy from ABT Tours (who we made arrangements for Istanbul with) who led us on a very long walk to his minibus in the carpark. It was a 45-minute ride to the hotel where we ...
Istanbul
... for four reasons. Firstly that shopping in Turkey’s Grand Bazaar is out of this world. Lots of countries have fake goods but few can match Turkey in quality. Secondly we had managed to save some funds along our trip and Midge generously allocated her a portion to 'blow’! Thirdly, she had been reunited with her infamous shopping partner, Nessie and lastly because Midge loves to haggle and negotiate so she was only allowed to shop if he could barter ...
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