 | Reflections, refractions
2006-07-20, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | So I'm sitting on the other side of the world, back in exotic Indianapolis. It is great to be home, but as I traveled back from the airport to our cute little apartment, I immediately missed looking ... |
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| last days
2006-07-20, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | Last days in Istanbul
After a night trip on the bus Eric and I arrived just in time for breakfast at our hotel. We didn’t sleep all that well at the hotel so we weren’t up for a busy day. But we st... |
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 | ferries, busses, and buggies
2006-07-17, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | This is way late in coming but. We disappeared for a few days to go to Ephesus. Since we were going to be in Turkey a whole week I thought it’d be good to get out of the city. We thought that Troy was... |
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| Riding on Ferries
2006-07-16, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | Yesterday we slept in a little, enjoyed our breakfast on the terrace (beautiful veiw), and got on our way.
We first took a ferry to Dolmabache Palace. The last 6 Sultans lived here. Not quite a... |
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| It's good to be the sultan
2006-07-16, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | We've spent the last few days in Istanbul seeing as much as we can, which is only a fraction of what there is to see. I'll start with the palace where Chris left off. The palace has four gates, four... |
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| Istanbul
2006-07-16, Istanbul, Turkey. By: chriseric | | Istanbul
We've been in Istanbul two days now and it's been great! So much fun it's been hard to find time to write. Getting here was a bit tough only becasue of the unecessary and inefficient beura... |
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 | Life in the 'bul
2005-10-26, Istanbul, Turkey. By: dave_Stone | | Istanbul is a great city. Im staying with some friends from the valley, who live on the Asian side of the Bosphorous. The limate is much warmer here than in Ankara, which is interesting, because it... |
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| Istanbul...
2005-09-11, Istanbul, Turkey. By: Dave_Stone | | Istanbul is really an amazing city. There is so much to do here, there is no way I can see the sites in two days. I'll have to come back. I've already met some really cool people who live here: Tur... |
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 | Holidays....
2005-08-17, Istanbul, Turkey. By: gabrielle2 | | After finishing the DTS it was time for a holiday. You may be thinking, "you need a holiday on a round the world trip?" Answer: YES!! After 6 months of discipling, mentoring, counselling, travel pl... |
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 | Back to istanbul
2005-04-18, istanbul, Turkey. By: haytonsj | | We have returned to istanbul for our last two days of the trip. Tomorrow morning i will be flying out to London to meet Danielle and Dad will be returning to work (sucker). Yesterday we crossed the Go... |
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 | Bazaars, Churchs and stuff
2005-03-26, Istanbul, Turkey. By: haytonsj | | So, me and Dad have now completely recovered from whatever mysterious ailment visited us on arrival. We have spent a long day wandering about the city exploring various things.
This morning we stop... |
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 | Arrival in Turkey
2005-03-25, Istanbul, Turkey. By: haytonsj | | Hi everybody,
Sorry that i havent been replyýng to hotmail, there appears to be some problem with accessing it from thýs computer. Ýf there is anything urgent email my mcmaster account haytonsj@mcm... |
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 | Denim Bomb
2004-05-10, Istanbul, Turkey. By: tjv | | The train from the airport picked its way through the dense, gray apartment blocks that girdled Istanbul. The spine-like appendages of mosques pierced the uniformly-level sprawl as if in attempt to p... |
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 | Baklava, beer and belly dancing
2003-09-22, Istanbul, Turkey. By: williebobs | | Number 7 (22nd September - 16th October)
My goodness, are we still in Turkey? There's only so much belly dancing and baklava we can indulge in so departure must be imminent.
Difficult how to des... |
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 | Extension Day Two
2001-04-10, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Extension Day Two
I had breakfast in the hotel again, and when my girlfriend woke up we went to McDonald's. Not seeing a breakfast menu, we ended up ordering cherry pies, but would have to wait se... |
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| Extension Day One
2001-04-09, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Extension Day One
I went to breakfast the next morning, and when I returned to fetch my girlfriend we decided to return to Topkapi Sarayi. The cab driver played Turkish music on the way, and point... |
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| Travel and Istanbul
2001-04-08, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Travel and Istanbul
The bus left at 7:30am for Istanbul, and we arrived around 2:00pm. I convinced my girlfriend to go to McDonald's for lunch, and we found they play loud Muzak versions of old En... |
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| Istanbul Day Three
2001-03-26, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day Three
All of the possible size-related superlatives apply to Istanbul. It's huge, immense, colossal. The city is very dense, and there is a lot of it. Our guide tells us there are 1... |
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| Istanbul Day Two
2001-03-25, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day Two
We slept even later the next morning, and really had to rush. Our first stop was the Kariye Müzesi (Museum), originally the Chora Church, which has mosaics and frescoes depicting ... |
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 | Istanbul Day One
2001-03-24, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Istanbul Day One
We overslept a little bit the next day, so we could only grab a quick breakfast before rushing to meet our group. Our first stop was the Hippodrome, which didn't really look like ... |
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| Amsterdam to Istanbul
2001-03-23, Istanbul, Turkey. By: etoile | | Schiphol
We arrived at an E-terminal gate at Schiphol, and expected to find our flight at nearby E10. No such luck, though, the gate had been changed to D48 - which of course was at the far end of... |
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 | Natashas
2002-10-04, Istanbul, Turkey. By: roadshow | | Our travel book says that one of the best experiences in Istanbul is to have tea with the locals. We had another opportunity to partake of this experience when we hired a guide to show us around a hi... |
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| Introduction to Istanbul
2002-10-04, Istanbul, Turkey. By: roadshow | | We spent 5 days in Istanbul and could have spent more. Churches, mosques, palaces, bazaars and cisterns were gradually ticked off the ‘must see’ list. We even took a cruise up the Bosphorous, which ... |
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