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Fantastic Friday Taxis and Mosque Istanbul

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We just happened to be walking by on our way to Galata Bridge and I noticed the yellow taxis and yellow lights of the New Mosque in Istanbul. I say New, but that is just a name. It is actually well over 400 years old.  Yep it’s birthday was way back in 1597.  Hides it’s …

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Fantastic Friday Bride with Balloons in Antayla

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Sunday afternoon found us sitting at an ocean front Cafe in Antayla Turkey.   Across from us stood the old stone Hidirlik Kalesi, overlooking the ocean.  It was hot and we had just finished eating an icecream when to our surprise a bride walked briskly by carrying a bouquet of balloons.   I’m guessing this was the …

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Fantastic Friday – Wagon full of Sticks – Goreme

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Wagons, Wagons, everywhere in Goreme, Turkey.  They display pottery, they are gaily painted, they loiter on footpaths.  What does it all mean?  Did they migrate from the Wild West of America? This one was beside the main road that led from Goreme to Avanos in the Cappadocia region of Turkey. It looked suspiciously like our …

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Where to Stay in Fetihye Turkey – Blue Water Views on a Budget

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We arrived at the Otogar* in Fethiye on the west coast of Turkey, with two potential Pansiyons in our sights – Dyugu was one of them.  While we gathered our bags and our thoughts, Birol  appeared Genie-like from a doorway – owning a Pansiyon I guess he met all the buses. Do you know where to stay …

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Fantastic Friday – Turkey – The little things

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What did you love about Turkey? After 8 weeks in TURKEY people always asked that question.  Our answer is always the same. The People! But then there were the sights – not the big glamour pusses like Ephesus – but the Little Things. For the people who lived with their animals and vegetable garden on the …

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The Ruins of Ani in Eastern Turkey

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If the ruins of Ani in Eastern Turkey were any less spectacular, the landscape would steal the show. Only nature could provide such a theatrical backdrop.  This photo of the Ani Cathedral is one of my favourite photos of the ruins of Ani Turkey and there are more below. The grasses inside the walls of …

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Sunday Brunch with BTT – Turkish Menemen

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Eggs Scrambled in Tomato Salsa is the way I choose to describe my favourite Turkish dish to the uninitiated.  This dish looked, tasted and presented a little differently each time I ate it in Turkey.  Budget Travellers rejoice – at approximately 4 tl each, the two cheapest dishes available on every Menu in Turkey are Lentil Soup …

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Fantastic Friday – Istanbul News

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I found this man taking five, beside the EYÜP Ferry Terminal in Eminönü, Istanbul.  What a fantastic way to catch up on the Istanbul News.   Have a Fantastic Friday.

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