Istanbul Stories


Where cats rule

On my second day in Istanbul I decided to take a ferry to Prince's Island. I had heard the views of the city were great and that it was a peaceful place where horse drawn carriages are the prefered mode of transport since cars are not allowed. The boat trip out there allowed me to get a sense for Istanbul's massive size. It seemed to just go on and o...


Lost in a sea of taffeta

Having discovered that it would actually be cheaper to fly the one hour to Istanbul than take the 20+ hour bus ride, I made the logical choice and head to the nearby Izmir airport.  Everything seemed to be proceeding normally until the pre-flight safety video came on.  I started to tune out since I can pretty much recite the briefing by heart but some s...


TURKEY: Land of the Turks¡K.who else would they be???

After two awesome weeks in India we boarded a flight to Istanbul. Its such a unique city because its divided by the Bosphorus River and half of the city is in Europe and half of it is in Asia¡Khow often can you say that you spend the morning in Europe, then go to Asia for dinner¡Klol. So We travelled to 4 different cities in Turkey during a period...


Last few days in Istanbul

I arrived back from my Gallipoli / Troy trip and then had a few more things to cover in Istanbul. AFter a decandent breakfast of olives, cheese and meat (i really love their cheeses!!) i headed to the dolamayche palace. its a STUNNING western style palace - think versailles. so i was in love with it. i could have wandered and photographed for hours. but...