This year, 2010, Istanbul has been labelled the Cultural Capital of Europe. And I was priviliged to get to see it!!
It was AWESOME - in one word! The Aya Sophia (Divine Wisdom), the Blue Mosque, the cruise down the Bosphorus - it was all amazing. I enjoyed seeing the Topkapi Museum, though it wasn't as big as I thought it would be. The views were amazing. Definitely a city one should see in one's lifetime.
I stayed at a very cutsie wootsie hotel near the main square called The Sultan Hill. It was just a stone's throw away from The Blue Mosque, and I thought the room was very nice and quaint. In the morning there was a huge breakfast feast to eat which I thoroughly enjoyed. The sights were nice to see and the visit to the castle overlooking the mouth of the Black Sea is something I will not forget.
I picked up nazar bandis from that small town. Euros were scarce and liras even scarcer. All in all, a trip I enjoyed.
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