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Lunch time!

Lunch at the Grand Bazaar. It was similar to a Greek gyro and SO GOOD. I ate a couple more over the next two days :)
Istanbul

July 23rd 2009
I got to spend two days in Istanbul. It is a typical city with all of the usual hustle and bustle. I visited the famous Blue Mosque and the Grand Bazaar. The Grand Bazaar has something like 4,000 shops! A lot of it is the same stuff after a while, but it was still fun to walk around. The shopkeepers try so hard to get you to come in their shops. I found that it’s better to just say I’m ... read more
Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

Turkish Flag 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
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