Me sipping a coke.

Day 1 - Part II

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July 5th 2011
Day 1 Continued... After a relaxing time in the Vancouver airport we boarded our plane for Frankfurt. The flight went by fairly quickly as far as 10 hour flights go. We were on a fairly new plane and they did serve good food with real cutlery; that's right people, real forks and knives. In Frankfurt we had a short stopover where I was able to admire the 625 euro pens, 925 euro sun glasse ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul » Sultanahmet

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Modern Turkey was founded in 1923 from the Anatolian remnants of the defeated Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa KEMAL, who was later honored with the title Ataturk, or "Father of the Turks." Under his authoritarian leadership, the country adopt... ... read more