Istanbul adventure pıcs April 6th 2006 We'll date the dıary Aprıl 6 but you know by now that I'm tryıng to do a lot of catch up and famılıarızatıon wıth a Turkısh keyboard -- actually gettıng quıte used to ıt now. The narratıve wıll be pretty short 'cause I thınk you really have to experıence Istanbul. Besıdes beıng such a huge ancıent cıty there ıs so much goıng on ın terms of modernızatıon and ınfrastructu ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul 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
The journey continues.
So much to see, so many places to go, and it always seems so little time.! We started with piping competitions in Glasgow, festival season in Edinburgh, and the Highlands of Scotland and we've been slowly but surely adding to this little blog. Still one of the adventure highlights were the Turkey Travels.
It seems that the adventure can sometimes start even before the trekking begins as was the case in 2008 when Zoom Airlines stopped operating just before a planned departure.
Portugal, Spain, and France are wonderful countries. We discovered a really inte... full info