Blogs from Bosporus, Marmara, Turkey, Middle East - page 2

We popped home to our hotel and then headed on the tram down to Eminonu for a fish sandwich, a corn cob and a ferry ticket. We ignored all the touts trying to get us to go on their Bosphorus tours and went on the public ferry. The 1:45pm sailing was not too crowded. It takes about 1 1/2 hours to sail all the way up the Bosphorus, with about five stops, passing some great sites including the Dolmabahce Palace, and a fortress guarding the narrowest part of the strait, beautiful villages, etc. It was a little hazy and grey for the first part of the trip, but by the time we returned the skies has cleared. At the far end, we disembarked and had about two hours to spare. bought an ice cream and walked ... read more

Day 7 Tonight we leave for Istanbul. We will be sad to leave this beautiful island. Most of the day we hangout having lunch, drinking iced coffee's, and lounging at the beach. We found a shop selling the notorious 2 litre glass boot and have to purchase one. I do not think we will be drinking beer from it again but who knows! In the evening we return to Le Gourmet for our final dinner on Rhodos. The hostess/owner Maria is sad to see us depart the island and so are we. We have an assortment of appetizers, giant prawns, and lamb, a fitting farewell dinner. A taxi takes us to the airport and we ready the airplane for the other passengers. The flight to Istanbul takes 58 mins. By the time we arrive we are ... read more

me and dad took a plane over to istanbul and played far cry on the way whilst snacking on crisps and chocolate ( i got the lions share = ) when we landed, dad and me walked to the bus stop and waited for ages until it got ready to go. when we got to the city we had a look around for the tram station (which we found eventually), instead of taking the tram we decided to get these amazing, spectaculas and wounderful fish sandwhiches that i loved and walked.after an hour or so we found a hostel (yay). then we went to a giant market called the bazzar and it was a complete let down said dad it was just like an ordinary shopping mall! so after the giant let down dad decided to ... read more

Before I begin to tell you the secrets to being a good traveler I want to remind you all to go to Val's website to see her pictures ( so far) of this trip and, if you are really interested, several of our past trips. www.flickr.com/photos/maumus/ I know you will enjoy them as she is an excellent photographer. To be honest I don't add them because without pictures it makes me work harder as a writer. Also, the website for our hotel here is : www.stonehotelistanbul.com We eat breakfast in an 800 year old stone dungeon. How cool is that? Many of you have heard my rules for traveling:1. Never stand when you can sit. 2. Never sit when you can lie down. 3. Never pass up an opportunity to use the WC ,and 4. Always ... read more

Our first visit to Turkey was an awesome experience. This blog will share my experience of our first visit to Istanbul. I also write for the Associated Content website and have posted an article about this trip titled url= http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2790700/discover_turkey_a_new_vacation_destination.html?cat=16Need A New Vacation Destination? Discover Turkey. If you like this blog you will want to read the article because it contains a lot more detail and history of this interesting city. In 2006 my wife and I planned our first family vacation to Istanbul. She is Turkish and wanted to show me her homeland. The opportunity to visit such an ancient land fascinated me, so I conducted a little research prior to our journey there. I did this to learn more about her country, which I knew absolutely nothing about and also to map out all ... read more