Views of Istanbul from the water After immersing ourselves completely in the chaos of the Grand Bazaar and Istanbul’s historic centre, we decided to spend most of our day enjoying views of the city from out in the middle of the Bosphorus. The Bosphorus is […]
Türkiye’ye hoşgeldiniz! Wow – what a welcome to Turkey! We decided to tackle our first full (awake) day in Turkey by immersing ourselves fully in the chaos, colour, smells, sights and sounds of the world’s oldest and largest “shopping centre”: Istanbul’s Kapalıçarşı (translation = Grand Bazaar). It was busy, […]
Bussing out of Bulgaria We survived our 8 hour overnight bus journey from Plovdiv (Bulgaria) to Istanbul (Turkey) and have happily vowed NEVER TO DO THAT AGAIN. Overnight train journeys are bad enough, but at least you have half a chance of getting some sleep on a train […]
A quiet day of reflection in Plovdiv After a restful night’s sleep we spent today doing as little as possible and relaxing. We intentionally kept a low profile and gave ourselves a day off as there’s a good chance we won’t be getting much sleep tonight on our […]
Plovdiv: What a gem! We got totally ruined in Plovdiv today. Not the kind of “ruined” that involves anything getting spoilt or broken, nor the kind of “ruined” that required copious amounts of alcohol. We got this kind of ruined… Plovdiv is the second-largest city […]
Wandering Soles 