Topkapi Palace and the Asian side of Istanbul

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October 7th 2015

Published: October 8th 2015

For day 3, we started our day at Topkapi Palace which served as the sole administrative palace for the Ottoman sultans for more than 400 years. It's quite the complex, and again the Iznik tile work was the most amazing of anything we've seen thus far. There are two areas in the palace that you have to wait in a super long line to get in, the first being the treasury that has golden cradles, swords... Read Full Entry

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Matt & Erin Lyle

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Together since 1999, we have shared a passion for traveling and seeing the world since day one. We have been so fortunate to visit the countries that we have. Each experience has changed our lives in a little way. We have developed such an appreciation for culture, art, food, language, and beauty. We look forward to many more years of travel! ¨Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.¨ -Mark Tw... full info

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9th October 2015

Tom Lyle
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Erin, can you replicate any of the desserts, or the crispy lamb kebab .......sounds good. Are you ready for your Breast Cancer Walk after all your walking in Istambul.....I knew Boo would find an English Pub for a beer..... Was it one you had had before or Turkish.....enjoy your last day! Dad

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