Tag: Istanbul
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Turkey Trip March 30 – April 10, 2013
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Turkey Day 10 – Istanbul
Today was the last of our tour-type activities. We had the same start as yesterday including the bus ride over the sea and back again to first visit the Spice Bazaar, which was quite interesting and colorful to see. There wasn’t just spices there,but souvenir items, scarves, jewelry, etc. [shashin type=”photo” id=”7506,7507,7508″ size=”small” columns=”max” order=”user”…
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Turkey Day 9 – Istanbul Old City
Upon arriving at our hotel yesterday, we had thought that someone from the tour would have contacted us to confirm a pick-up time for this morning; however, we just went off of what our itinerary said. It was very trusting of us and of the tour company to assume we would pay attention to it.…
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Turkey Day 8 – Gallipoli & Istanbul
We had a very early rise again (5am) to be ready to leave on a ferry across the Marmara sea to Gallipoli. Gallipoli is famous from the war for the Australian and New Zealand forces coming to the aid of the British in an attempt to control the waterways and ultimately Istanbul. It was a…
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Turkey Day 1 – Arriving
This will be a quick one, but we arrived last night in Istanbul. The flight was fine, though Qatar Airways is not really the five-star kind of airlines they advertise, at least not in the peanut gallery. 🙂 It took us a while to get out of the airport due to the visa lines. It…
