Istanbul Trips

May 4, 2007. Toronto, Canada. Finally, I set off to Athens for a 23 day trip, alone. Quite often, I had friends asking me the similar questions, "Backpacking? Greece? Turkey? Why?" And quite often, I felt hesitant to answer. "The freedom . …

So, I left Boston last night and arrived in Dublin very early this morning. I had a 10-hour layover before my connecting flight to Frankfurt, so I took a coach into the city and did some sightseeing. I checked out St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin …

The family’s excitement is bubbling as we touched down on Venice Marco Polo airport with the faint view of Venice and its water canals in the distance and it did not disappoint! There is only 1 Venezia with its unique canal structures and gondola …

I am very excited as today, October 24th, 2009 we are starting our ten and a half month long journey around the World. Above is the South East Asia part of the trip map, followed by the European and African part. On the right side of the screen …

So the fun part begins...planning. I leave for Italy in 2 weeks and I am super excited, it will be my first time there. When I come home, I want to really get to planning this backpacking trip for next summer. I really want to see as much of …

A leisurely amble through Istanbul for 6 days.

from nuweiba to vienna

So yeah, lots of stuff to see. yahoo doesn't have the best of 'stuff to do', and everything is kind of in the main cities (read: cairo). some cool stuff, though (horseback by the pyramids at sunset?? hot). oh, also we should plan on a few days …

I departed from PDX at 7:30am. I flew on Delta Airlines for $916 dollars round trip. I arrived in Paris at 8:40am the next day. Thessaloniki! Ah, the birthplace of Alexander the Great! This is the favorite stop on my trip because of my great …

DAY 1 , 15:00 Arrive to Istanbul , Turkey by plane and continue to hotel by transport supplied by the hotel . Book in and drink a good cup of local tea . (chey) 18:00 Go for a walk towards Taksim Square and found the beginning of "Istikal Caddesi".