Istambul!!!....it has some magic in its name...with its fair share of disasters, from conquests to eartquakes it emerges as an enticingly vibrant city...Having arrived at the airport, being overcharged for a visa fee, we embarked on a hectic taxi ride into the heart of Sultanhamet ( the place where we were staying me,Deanna,Maria,Justina and Rafal)Welcome to Turkey!!! The taxi ride took about 30 min...the car pulled very quickly,speeded up and even overtook an ambulance with the blue lights on!!!???... Is it how you drive in Turkey, we thought???...well even an extra person in the car did not seem to bother our driver,who later turned out to be extremly friendly, chatty and funny even though he could not speak a word in English...we soon exchanged few words...''tesekkurederim''-meaning ''thank you very much''...oh i dont even remember how many
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