- Ottoman Trek Part Three
Hopefully I can get the blog finally up to date now that our hectic schedule of touring around the Eastern European countryside is over! Sorry for the delay, and sorry in advance for the ridiculous word count that is about Posted by katenmicka in Kate and Micka's European Adventure | Jun 6, 2011
- TurkeyWell, vacation is starting to come to a close. Today we’re at sea and I’m trying to get as much info about the last few days out to you as possible. We get to Venice, Italy tomorrow at around 1pm Posted by kevinjill in Late Bloomers Livin' the Dream | May 26, 2011
- A Taste of Turkey #2Ephesus, Turkey
March 27 - April 2, 2011
I love the haphazard, elegant beauty of ancient ruins and the mysteries they hold about once-vibrant civilizations now gone. We have observed in It Posted by bradanddeb in Brad and Deb: RTW 2011 | May 23, 2011
- Alasmaladuk Turkey (And Claire!)I´m in transit, again. This time it´s lots of fun because I´m annoying the Danish at Copenhagen airport. So far I have walked around with no shoes on, bought lunch from a cafe and ate it in the luxe restaraunt Posted by CharliePepper in Turkiye | May 2, 2011
- Claire and Sam and the Adventure of the Postcard HolidayOur last hours in Olympos are spent hunting through a Genovese Castle for a geocache – avoiding plummeting drops, thorny branches and unstable ruins. The GPS we are using isn’t working properly, and it turns out the trees have grown Posted by CharliePepper in Turkiye | Apr 25, 2011
- Haritada Yerini Gösterir Misiniz?We are driving through western Turkey on a bus from Selçuk to Pamukkale and there are new landscapes and surprising people at every stop. I use the word “wow” here more than any other word and all other adjectives in Posted by CharliePepper in Turkiye | Apr 18, 2011
- Cold TurkeyLet's start by exploring some Turkish stereotypes; mosques (bazillions of them), tea, coffee, harems, Turkish delight, sultans and hot weather. Turkey has nearly all of these.
I did check the weather report three times before I came but that smart Posted by CharliePepper in Turkiye | Apr 11, 2011
- TurkeyWe caught our second overnight bus from Cappadocia to Antalya just in time to join a full day tour. It could have something to do with us being tired and hungry (we don't do well at skipping meals) but it Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | May 18, 2011
- I am just going to the Grand Bazaar to buy one evil eye....Hello and welcome to our last main post to the blog. The first comment this morning from a student was, "I don't want to leave." I am sure we are all going to say the same thing.
After a Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 17, 2011
- "To find yourself....you must first get lost!"A 'free' day in Istanbul - so many things to do - so little time. I think the idea of of today being 'free' is a bit of a misnomer as there were bazaars to visit and bartering to Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 16, 2011
- Marco.....Polo.....Imagine being able to travel the same route that Marco Polo took to bring his spices and wares from Asia to Europe. That was our experience today. I am not sure how many took the time to reflect Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 15, 2011
- wonderful to wake to not so wonderful when peeıngand the tannıng begıns. spent the last four days on a boat cruıse. ıts porbably one of my favoırte tımes so far. we got to olympus and the cruıse had only two other poepel on ıt. after talkıgn wıth peopel Posted by lindsianna in and so ıt contınues :) | May 15, 2011
- Cappadocia....land of weird rock formations, potterySo to continue our day which began extra early for some who went hot air ballooning, we were off to explore Cappadocia and the surrounding area. I must tell you that we saw SO MUCH we are having a difficult Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 14, 2011
- A marriage proposal on our balloon trip this morning!4:30 AM came pretty early but in the end it was SO worth the lack of sleep! We got our wake up call signifying the balloon trip was a go this morning. It is overcast and cool but Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 13, 2011
- Icky Birra Lutfen....Today we had a lot of time on the bus, en route to Cappadocia. Our guide, Omer (pronounced Umur) decided that we needed a serious lesson in the Turkish language. Being the eager students we are, we Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 13, 2011
- Ephesus the Great!Sorry for the delay in posting the blog today. I know you are anxious to hear about our next adventure. We spent the whole day touring with little time to write so we tried to get a bit Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 12, 2011
- Goodbye Europe.....Hello AsiaTwo posts in one day! Aren't you lucky today. First let me say that for everyone reading this blog, we would love for you to send us your comments. We are happy to pass them along to Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 10, 2011
- And now a word from our intrepid travellers........So for our blog post today we thought we would do something a little different. We have been in Turkey for two days now and we have all formed some opinions and feelings about what we are seeing and Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 10, 2011
- starwars meets flınstones"on a nıce comfy seat, reclince ıt back, watch the vıew and you get your own tv ın fornt of you lıke on the aırplane, easy to sleep plus you dont have to pay for any accomadatıon"
....False
we arrıved ın cappadocıa Posted by lindsianna in and so ıt contınues :) | May 9, 2011
- Is The Wife of a Sultan called a Sultana?Today was our first full day in Istanbul and we have survived a gruelling day of touring. We have found that walking on 4 to 6 century old marble is very taxing on our feet and backs! However, Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 9, 2011
- Istanbul....not ConstantinopalisHello again. It is amazing what a few hours sleep will do. Everyone is up this morning after a bit of a sleep in. For the most part everyone should be on Turkey time!
Let me tell you Posted by jonaway in SAIT Takes On Turkey | May 8, 2011
- CappadociaWe said our goodbyes to Spewboy at the bus station in Nevsehir before catching a free shuttle to Urgup to join our tour. Eve read about Cappadocia on the internet a couple of years ago and decided then that we Posted by RobandEve in The Honeymooners | May 8, 2011
- IstanbulI arrived in Istanbul this evening and thought that the journey deserved a short post.
I tried to take the bus at 10pm last night from Thessaloniki which would have gotten me here at 8am this morning BUT this Posted by JulesCV in Alive | May 7, 2011
- The Blue Mosque & the BosphorousWe've been really lucky with the weather this entire trip... from 35c in Paris the sunshine followed us eastward..always raining or getting overcast the day we left a city. The same has proven true in Istanbul, we're enjoying our last Posted by AOGardner in The Great Railway Journey | May 3, 2011
- even here. the gırls go " ugghh" when the boys say "hı"we love hsotels so mch eıght now. just such a great way to meet poeple. wıthın fıev mınutes we had 5 countıres of peoelp and we went for beers on the roof tıll porbably 3 ısh. ıts been cool to Posted by lindsianna in and so ıt contınues :) | May 3, 2011