Istanbul

First stop of my summer holiday was Istanbul. Staying with my Turkish friend from Copenhagen in the European side of the Bosporus. We actually were staying in student accommodation but most of the other students that stay there had left for the summer. So it was just 2 Aussies and 2 turks = awesome time.



It was an amazing 2 weeks as essentially we were living as Turks. By the end I really got to know and experience life in Istanbul which includes bargaining in the grand bazaar which ironicly is closed on Sunday when bazaar in Turkish means Sunday. Supposedly it was just too busy on Sunday they had to close it.

One of the most memorable moments was crossing over to Asia and drinking tea while the sun set over Europe. The only thing that I think turkey is missing this time was the feeling you were a multi millionaire. With the re floating of the Turkish lira the Aussie dollar is almost 1 to 1 unlike 8 years ago when it was 1 to 1 million. Shame. Anyways thanks so much Alperen and Erdi.

Tomorrow Croatia.

Take care
Jono