Today was a slower day, finally. I slept in until the sound of balloons overhead got us up around 7. There were much fewer today, perhaps because it was fairly cold, at 32deg when we got up. It was probably a bit colder when the balloons took off around 6:15. Caught a few pictures and […]
We’ve now been here in Turkey a week and we’ve had one of our best travel adventures ever!! Today was abit of everything. Thom said all I needed was to step in a boat of some sort and I would have had transport in the air, on the ground, and on the water!!! We came
Cappadocia We were awoken by the sound of the burner needed to keep a hot air balloon flying!! I dressed and went out on the balcony and there were dozens and more hot air balloons above Goreme/Cappadocia. The view of them has me thinking, or rethinking, taking a ride in one. It will be early
Istanbul to Cappadocia Even though we explored the way to the bus stop it was still a bit of a haul with the luggage. The hill up to Taksim Square seemed to have gotten a lot steeper going up it for the first time!!! We got to the bus with a few minutes to spare
Today was an up and at-em day again!!! Needed to catch the one and only ferry along the Bosporus that left at 10:50 and was a 35 minute walk and we didn’t know where we needed to be to catch it. We were able to get a cup of coffee and a quick bite of
We ended up having a slower start today. Maybe from all the walking it was time to rest a bit. Wednesday was 22,500 step day and Thursday was 23,000+. Tired feet. We wandered down the hill to get the T1 tram back into Sultehamet to see the Topkapi Palace. It’s an enormous palace of a
Started out early again to catch the 8:40 ferry to the Princes Islands as we didn’t want to delay until the next ferry at 10:40. It’s a 90 min ride with stops at several of the smaller islands. It was sunny and a bit hazy so photos aren’t that clear, but the views were spectacular
Previous Next Well, Day 1 in Istanbul. It’s nearly 10:30pm and it’s been a long day. So long that we got back to the flat and were too beat to go out for dinner. Thom went to a neighborhood place for a few things, stuffed eggplant, stuffed peppers and an onion thing, I guess, with
Here is a list of sorts for planning a trip – things to do or have in advance. Some may apply to every trip and some are just personal preferences. Start by looking for good airfare, 2-3 months in advance if for international travel. Set up flight search notifications for when prices drop and look