Turkey in Spring!

Spanned across Europe and Asia; Turkey is a wonderful mix of east meets west. We had a great 9 days spring break and leisurely hopped around 3 cities: Istanbul, Izmir & Cappadocia.

We roam around historical buildings with great frescos, linger in tulip parks while seeing Bosphorus strait, ate in both top notch restaurants and small lokanta, walked around 2000 year old city ruins, hopped on hot air balloon, and saw giant rocks that looks like ... (look at my
images and you'll know what i mean) ha ha… What a wonderful vacation it is!

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Trip Length: 8 days
Blog Entries: 8
Photos: 24
Words: 4953

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Blog Entries

Date	Blog Title	Location
April 2nd 2011	Day 1: Aya Sofia + Blue Mosque + Basilica Cistern	Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul
April 3rd 2011	Day 2: Dolmabahce Palace + Ciragan Palace + Yildiz Park	Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul
April 4th 2011	Day 3: Topkapi Palace + Gulhane Park + Grand Bazaar	Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul
April 5th 2011	Day 4: Chora Church + Eminonu	Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul
April 6th 2011	Day 5: Aegean Coast + Ephesus + Selcuk Museum + Isabey Mosque + St John's Basilica	Middle East » Turkey » Aegean » Ephesus
April 7th 2011	Day 6: Pigeon Valley + Underground City + Ihlara Valley + Selime Monastery (Green Route)	Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
April 8th 2011	Day 7: Hot Air Balloon + Goreme Open Air Museum + Uchisar + Rose Valley + Pasabagi + Devrent Valley (Red Route)	Middle East » Turkey » Central Anatolia » Cappadocia » Göreme
April 9th 2011	Day 8: Emirgan Park + Rumeli Hisari + Taksim Square	Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul