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------- My lovely istanbul -------I will never stop walking around my lovely and gergeous istanbul till i became too old to walk :D, i walked about 20km again and took new photos in Kadikoy/istanbul and wanted to share them with you, take ur time and welcome again :) i will upload more photos soon coz i dont have time now :P and i will publish some texts about istanbul now, so that you can see some of my photos bigger at the first page.The city which bridges two continents? Istanbul, wh...

I just decided to prepare an Istanbul guide for travelers who dont know istanbul or want to know more about istanbul. you can see what to do or where to see day by day. I divided loctions to 7 parts and it makes 7 days to travel around istanbul. Im sure u will like this blog, you are welcome from now :P, and dont forget to smile ;)USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS AND INFORMATION   Placing a Call     &...

We have had a great month in Turkey, but definitely feel the urge to move on to something new.  Next stop: Romania! We passed through Istanbul on our way to Bucharest. Here are a few shots from Turkish Air's awesome Business Class lounge, where we waited for our flight. 

This blog I would like to contribute to Birol. I owed him a lot this trip. He was really nice taking his 2 days off work showing me around Istanbul for 4 days. We went to some tourist attractions as mentioned in Fatih's blogs and also some local hang out places and met some of his friends. It was good having him around since I felt secured having someone especially local to walk with. I felt very much better about Istanbul.One thing I like about Turkey is that the people are so inviting and t...

My last day in Istanbul: it’s unbelievable that I’ve been here for 2 1/2 months.  The time has flown by and I'll be sad to leave, but I also think it's time to go:  much longer and I think I'd start to really feel guilty about not doing anything terribly productive, and also about not putting forth more effort to learn Turkish.  I had grand plans of using my time here to learn the language, but apart from pleasantries and some other bare-bones basics, that definitely...

  ISTANBUL - THE CROSSROADS OF EUROPE AND ASIA   There was a sensational silly song written in 1953 by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon about one of the world's truly great cities. This tune has been recorded by a variety of artists, including Bette Midler, They Might Be Giants,  Ska Cubano and the Four Aces (original). The number has also been featured in the 2003 film, ' Mona Lisa Smile', the Pierce Brosnan episode of The Muppets and...

After a 10+ hour flight from JFK, finally arrived in Istanbul. Was so tired since I really didn't sleep much. I just cannot ever get comfortable enough on planes to be able to really sleep. I think I dozed on and off for maybe an hour or so, that's it. Even though I was tired as all hell, I was so excited to finally be in Turkey. As soon as I got off the plane and entered the airport terminal, I kept hearing my name being called over the loudspeaker. I was being paged to please go to the info...

Im baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack.  To Istanbul that is.  What a great trip!  Turkey truly is an awesome place to visit!  Yesterday, we arrived to our hotel to find that it was fully booked so they had to move us to a different hotel.  We were told we were being upgraded...um. NOPE! It was probably the most...um, special hotel I have ever stayed in.  There was mold on the bathroom ceiling....it sounded like there were cockroaches moving around in the vent.  The pool w...

The 1st time I set my feet on this land which I called my second home it was the smell, the smell that attracted me. I remembered it was noon, winter, long time ago and I am so hungry. It was Friday because when the taxi take me to the city, I can hear prayer call, everywhere. I was so excited to smell more. I can't explain this smell, its welcoming and at the same time mysterious but I was not afraid. I was prepared! I've read dozen ...

Friday 27 and Saturday 28 june 2008   Wooow!! This was the excursion we hoped for that we could make it! This was also the reason why we went to Bulgaria. Finally We Should Go To TURKEY: ISTANBUL! :D I heard so many things about this great city and now I could visit it with my own eyes! The excursion will take 2 days, and a lot of hours in the bus.. There were 4 busses that i’ve seen, not all from the same organisation! 8 dutch people Few english people Few swedish peo...

In july I visited Istanbul. A total 5 day trip, 2 days traveling and 3 days in the city. This city is very beautifull and you can get a good view of it in 3 days (2 days mosks, markets and stores, 1 day combined bosporus ferry trip and dolmabahce visit! This beautifull and partly very modern (western) city is having a very long history (greek/roman-byzantium, medi eval constantinopel, osman istanbul and ataturks new istanbul) and you can see this! Nice old buildings, but also beautifull ...

we left shanghai for istanbul in April 28th, 8:30pm set off from pudong airport for istanbul airport. but we must got check in beijing airport firstly then we could left china . something i faced in airport sounds funny. that day the weather is 15-22degree , not hot but also not cold. then i wore only one piece of clothes. when was passing the check door, the bell was ringing. as i have some metallic ornaments on my body.they one women inspector said to me " can you take off your clothes?" oh...

Mmmm… today we woke up early, as we wanted to visit as much as posible before leaving to the aiport. We had to prioritize, so we decided to follow the following program:1.    Go back to the Blue Mosque and take a photo with my TravBuddy t-shirt! Hahah I had to do it! It is my way to support the community! ☺2.    Visit the Basílica Cistern as we missed it on Friday and Saturday!3.    Visit the University4.    Get some last minute...

Red flags, bright sun, two lands and me - this time in Istambul. Only and as much one day in Istambul, the city with 15 millions of people and 1 538,77 km² area, which never stops. Being there is visit on the two continents: Europe and Asia, two amazing cultures and completely different people. Of course also Kebap, one-of-a-kind toilets - holes in the ground (in restaurant exclusive holes in the ground), Turkish street markets, haggle out of necessity ...

  ISTANBUL: The Turkish Juggernaut Lives ON   I believe this is one of the most vibrant cities I have been to and apart from being the heart of Turkey it surely deserves some mention in the greatest cities of the world. The city which divides Asia and Europe is truly a place which has a lot of culture, tradition, the new meeting the old and history and a lot more perhaps.   SULTAN AHMET    Being the first time to Turkey I think it is a good idea to stay over i...