Wednesday, 14 November 2007
We are in
Qatar and it seems pretty cool here. The flight was really good across from Istanbul with great service and nice food and lots of space in the Airbus A330. I was enjoying the latest Die Hard film until we ran out of time and landed but plenty of time to finish the moving when we fly out in an hour to Bangkok. Free Internet in the airport even...
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
We bought a carpet!
Of course we did! Its beautiful, and after shopping for 10 days (well, almost) it was a real bargain. So many shops, so much apple tea, but well worth the energy - it will look fabulous on our new floor (I hope it will fit as we still haven't seen the floor....)
I don't have a picture - he wrapped it very quickly so we couldn't change our minds - but its Buhara similar to this one, only much nicer!
Istanbul, not Constantinople!
Well Istanbul has been amazing! I have built my turkish delight tolerance up from a couple of pieces a day, to eating for breakfast, lunch and after dinner. Oink, oink! Well, our hotel DOES serve it at breakfast, and just when I was getting sick of the same thing every day, they have added the pistachio flavour - how could I refuse. Oh yeah, Ainsley is the real fan - I only eat it so he doesn't feel bad.
Did I mention the marshmallow flavour? Yum!
Did I mention the marshmallow flavour? Yum!
Istanbul Pictures & The Bosphorus
Check out more Istanbul pictures here
Today we took a trip to the mouth of the Bosphorus to the edge of the Black Sea. This is the view to the Black sea from the ruins of a castle atop the peninsular.
Just inside the mouth of the Bosphorus seems to be perfect fishing grounds. I counted 22 big fishing boats using nets to fish today just nexdt to the Black Sea. There are also numerous cargo ships passing by.
Thankfully this area of the Black Sea does not seem to be affected by the tankers run aground yesterday in the storm. Let's hope the spillage doesn't change direction!
Today we took a trip to the mouth of the Bosphorus to the edge of the Black Sea. This is the view to the Black sea from the ruins of a castle atop the peninsular.
Just inside the mouth of the Bosphorus seems to be perfect fishing grounds. I counted 22 big fishing boats using nets to fish today just nexdt to the Black Sea. There are also numerous cargo ships passing by.
Thankfully this area of the Black Sea does not seem to be affected by the tankers run aground yesterday in the storm. Let's hope the spillage doesn't change direction!
Monday, 12 November 2007
Gallipoli
This week we took an overnight trip from Istanbul to Gallipoli and then onto Troy for the second day.
It was really great to get to spend some time at Anzac cove and learn about the history and spare thought to the young soldiers that passed through that area.
The picture below is the view east back along Anzac cove where the Anzacs landed on April 25 1915. It is very steep and the beach is quite small?!
The cove has a nicely kept cemetary and memorial site which looks out over the beautiful Aegean Sea. Its so surreal to think to the many dead and ironic that all this took place in such a beautiful setting.
Both Australia (above) and NZ (below) have memorial sites above Anzac cove with brilliant views out to the Agean Sea and Dardenelles...
Very sad to visit but really pleased to have been to see this site that is such a part of Anzac history.
It was really great to get to spend some time at Anzac cove and learn about the history and spare thought to the young soldiers that passed through that area.
The picture below is the view east back along Anzac cove where the Anzacs landed on April 25 1915. It is very steep and the beach is quite small?!
The cove has a nicely kept cemetary and memorial site which looks out over the beautiful Aegean Sea. Its so surreal to think to the many dead and ironic that all this took place in such a beautiful setting.
Both Australia (above) and NZ (below) have memorial sites above Anzac cove with brilliant views out to the Agean Sea and Dardenelles...
Very sad to visit but really pleased to have been to see this site that is such a part of Anzac history.
Saturday, 3 November 2007
Good food
Wow the food on Crete was lovely! Malt rye bread rusks fresh tomatos and cucumber in the greek salads, and tasty pies ( you all know how much I like pies ) with egg plant and feta or mince and feta (the ones in bread cuumbs).
The food in Turkey also looks to be pretty good although we are yet to have a full dinner meal. Turkish bread and pide are a welcome dish which we used to love in Sydney. Turkish delight, called Lokum, is exquisite! Made with nuts inside in a range of flavours...
ps this post if for you Gilly :)
The food in Turkey also looks to be pretty good although we are yet to have a full dinner meal. Turkish bread and pide are a welcome dish which we used to love in Sydney. Turkish delight, called Lokum, is exquisite! Made with nuts inside in a range of flavours...
ps this post if for you Gilly :)
East meets West
Istanbul is so far working out to be great!
We arrived in very early on Friday morning on the overnight train from Greece and checked into our hotel. We seem to have done very well with our hotel having been upgraded to a suite which is really lovely.
The markets are amazing with so many cool handcrafts and fabrics to look at. If we can figure out how we could get things home there could be some shopping to be done here!
Yesterday for my birthday we went out for cakes and sweets and had turkish tea and shisha pipes. It was nice and chilled and very Turkish I think.
This morning we have visited Hagia Sophia, and some of the other famous attractions including an incredible mosiac museum with mosaics found from a palace that existed around 3rd century AD.
We arrived in very early on Friday morning on the overnight train from Greece and checked into our hotel. We seem to have done very well with our hotel having been upgraded to a suite which is really lovely.
The markets are amazing with so many cool handcrafts and fabrics to look at. If we can figure out how we could get things home there could be some shopping to be done here!
Yesterday for my birthday we went out for cakes and sweets and had turkish tea and shisha pipes. It was nice and chilled and very Turkish I think.
This morning we have visited Hagia Sophia, and some of the other famous attractions including an incredible mosiac museum with mosaics found from a palace that existed around 3rd century AD.
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