Istanbul not Constantinople
Trip Start
Feb 10, 2006
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4
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Trip End
Mar 07, 2006
Istanbul,
Turkey
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
The Point Hotel
The Point Hotel
PHOTO_ID_R=3-the-point-hotel-.jpg] There was an orientation session at the hotel that turned into a coercion into booking the optional tours. It was an all or nothing thing so that if anyone backed out none of the people would have the option for the tours. My brother has a friend that asked for us to get in contact with his family while in Istanbul and we were not going to do any optional tours. The guilt was piled on but we had already decided that we were not going to do any optional tours.
So we are finding out pretty quickly that some of our friends are not as adventurous as we are. We went to the streets around Taksim square. We found a place to eat that was full of locals We decided to eat there and the other 4 in the group backed out. Cory and I went ahead and ate there. It was delicious. There was no English menu and all we could do was point at what we thought looked good. Fantastic. So glad that we went ahead and stopped there. The others went on to find a place that had an English menu. Of course Turkish food is delicious so you can't go wrong. Their meal was delicious also.
Comments
When in Rome...
I am happy that you eat in a restaurant that is clearly not aimed purely at tourists. It seems strange to me other members of your party elected to eat somewhere else for the sake of having an English menu - they not only missed out on your company, a new experience and great unadulterated Turkish food (not withstanding where they finally eat)but they seemed to have missed the whole point of what foreign travel is about. Come and see us here in Kas, Antalya - we promise you a travellers welcome, Lycian www.turkeyhorizon.com