beautiful park

Gateway to the east and land of the unibrows

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July 23rd 2006
before i go any further i must say that the unibrow situation here is quite unfortunate. perhaps post-retirement i can come here and make a living off of my eyebrow waxing tent... anyway, today we got up around 9:30 and headed up to yet another amazing rooftop breakfast. we could tell that the day would be a little bit warmer, but with the breeze coming off of the ocean all we'd have to show fo ... read more

Middle East » Turkey » Marmara » Istanbul

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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