Exploring İstanbul
October 13th 2009 It has been great to be able to pause for a while in İstanbul. I will have been here for five days by the time I leave for Iran on the Trans Asyan Ekspresi on Wednesday, charging through Turkey to be in Tehran by the weekend. The city has enough to explore and experience to stay for years, and the hospitality makes that tempting.
I have woken with the early Call to Prayer, in time to see the sun
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