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True Blue

The Blue Mosque in Istanbul is not named that without reason… Linked to Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside and Blue Monday.

-Barcelona

Segway Shadows

This always looks such a fun way of seeing a city and I haven’t tried it yet.  The tours in Barcelona don’t do this part of town anymore though; I’m […]

-Turkey

Windows into the Orient

Sirkeci Station, in the European part of Istanbul, is famous for being the terminus for the Orient Express.  A temporary station opened here in 1873, the first Orient Express train […]

-Turkey

Turkish Delights

This week, I’m featuring two bright and beautiful murals from Istanbul.  If you take a stroll from Tunel towards Galata Tower,  along Galip Dede Cd, you’ll spot them in a […]

-Turkey

Istanbul Perspective

These two guys were having a quiet drink close to the Galata Tower.  But look at the real picture below to get the full context. Linked to the Photo Friday, Perspective, Sundays […]

-Turkey

Top of the Tower

This cylindrical, stone tower in Istanbul’s ‘new’ town dates from 1348. It was the tallest building in Istanbul when it was built and it still dominates this part of the […]

-Turkey

On Cloud Nine

I am both a tea and a coffee drinker, so Istanbul was my kind of place; strong, Turkish coffee scents the air, and men dash to and fro carrying trays […]

-Turkey

Sultans, Tiles and Circumcision

My favourite part of the Topkapi Palace is the area known as the Fourth Courtyard.  Here the lovely gardens and terraces are home to a number of kiosks and pavilions […]

-Belgium

Spicy Window

This is one inviting grocery store in Brussels. English speakers who don’t speak French would probably guess that the name of this store has something to do with spices, and that wouldn’t […]