Reflections on our time in Turkey We had a long and exhausting day today, travelling back to Istanbul. We cut across the centre of Turkey, travelling back across the First Bosphorous Bridge from the Asian side of Istanbul back across to Europe. All together on this trip through […]
The best of old Istanbul We immersed ourselves today in the old, imperial part of Istanbul. We had a full day exploring Topkapi Palace, the famous Sultan Ahmet Camii (better known in the Western world as the Blue Mosque), the incredible Ayasofya (translation = Hagia Sophia), and the ancient […]
Across to the other side of Istanbul We didn’t want to spend all our time in Istanbul over on the European side of things, so we took ourselves over the First Bosphorus Bridge today to see some of the Asian side of this amazing city. […]
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, […]
Wandering Soles 