Archive for the ‘Europe’ Category
Apr 6, 13 • Europe, Turkey • No Comments »
Traveling is visiting places, but very often if not always impressions and experiences depend on people we meet on the way. Faces of Turkey is a small collection of people we met while travelling in Turkey. This girl was sitting with her mom...
Apr 5, 13 • Europe, Turkey • No Comments »
Some street art from Istanbul...
Jan 2, 13 • Azerbaijan, Georgia, Holland, Iran, Myanmar / Burma, Romania, Thailand, Travel experiences, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan • 2 Comments »
Year 2012 was very successful in terms of traveling and full of thrilling impressions and amazing discoveries. In 2012 I started my long term trip and spent exactly half of the year (July-December) traveling full time. First part of the year I...
Dec 24, 12 • Europe, Turkey • 4 Comments »
Ok…I know, you are all going to say: what ??? you are now in Thailand and should be writing about rice and noodles, and tom yum and curries…and you write about Turkish food ?? Well, yes I do, not because I am not enjoying the Thai food,...
Oct 8, 12 • Turkey • 9 Comments »
Besides amazing historical bazaars and inns Gaziantep Zeugma mosaic museum is said to be the biggest in the world, containing 1700m2 of mosaics. The size of it impresses and the mosaic images amaze. The museum’s mosaics are focused...
Oct 4, 12 • Turkey • No Comments »
– Is it safe to travel through the Eastern Turkey? While travelling in Turkey you very often will see reports about terrorists attacks in the East. The name “PKK“ will be in all of them. That is a Kurdish party which is fighting...
Sep 28, 12 • Turkey • 2 Comments »
Not often one gets to see structures which were built more than 2000 years ago. When we arrived to Van people told us we should see the Van castle alongside with some other historical monuments. But not before I went to the castle & found...
Sep 28, 12 • Turkey • 3 Comments »
Some places house very unexpected discoveries. The castle of Van being one of the oldest structures in the world seems to be underrated & its historical importance seems to be undervalued. You will not find much information online. There will...
Sep 28, 12 • Turkey • 5 Comments »
The fact that I love sweets, I believe is no longer a secret to anybody. If this is something new for you, will confirm again : I LOVE sweets. They change my mood, make me smile, bring peace to my mind. Yes, I have a special relationship with my...
Sep 26, 12 • Turkey • No Comments »
I had never thought before that I will ever go to Mesopotamia. This ancient name takes me back to school history books. Tigris and Euphrates, the cradle of civilizations and so on. These names always conjured great pictures in my head...
Sep 25, 12 • Turkey • 2 Comments »
Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. And every evening I go to bed with the thought of the next morning’s breakfast…I know I know…it is a bit absurd, but I do :) In Turkey, breakfast (kahvalti in Turkish) is quite standard, if...
Aug 19, 12 • Turkey • 12 Comments »
Iran was on our visit list since the moment we started thinking of this trip. We had met a big amount of people who visited Iran and gave us very positive feedback about Iranian people, food and beauty of Iran. The question is how do we get visas....
Aug 18, 12 • Turkey • 5 Comments »
After we partied with our friend in Cappadochia we were headed to the Black coast again. We chose Sivas as a middle point between Goreme and Unye. 4-hour ride in a comfortable bus and here we were in Sivas. The city of Sivas is not very famous...
Aug 16, 12 • Turkey • 2 Comments »
The small town of Avanos in Cappadochia has two main attractions for visitors: 1) Exquisite pottery and 2) Hair museum. You are sure to visit the town for both or either of the attractions if you visit Cappadochia. Most of all Avanos is famous for...
Aug 14, 12 • Turkey • 1 Comment »
When my friend Lukas told me about the Hair museum from Avanos for the first time I could not really picture it. A strain of hair cut from every female visitor and attached to a wall? Thousands of samples of hair handing from the walls? Sounds...
Aug 8, 12 • Turkey • 6 Comments »
Second day started early. Precisely at 5.30. We woke up to watch the hot air balloons at sunrise. 1,5 hour & 150 pictures later went back to sleep to wake up for breakfast in two hours. Sightseeing program was intense...
Aug 7, 12 • Turkey • No Comments »
We arrived to Goreme, Cappadochia early in the morning, right in time to watch the sunset and hot air balloons above our heads. Goreme is located in the middle of the Goreme National Park with rock formations usually called “fairy...
Aug 7, 12 • Turkey • 3 Comments »
Cappadochia is a mysterious place which looks like a different planet. The rock formation are unique and the landscapes are fairy tale like. One of the main activities here is a hot air balloon tour. These tours are provided by many different...
Aug 3, 12 • Turkey • 5 Comments »
Istanbul was a furnace for about a week, with probably over 40*C during the day. We also waited for our friends (Ange and Lukas) to come to Istanbul. Once everyone arrived we were ready to leave. The Initial plan was to go to Akcakoca (Akçakoca),...
Aug 1, 12 • Turkey • 2 Comments »
Istanbul was, is and will always be the magical cross road between Europe and Asia with its hustle, noisy and thousands of people, as well as calm parks, magnificent mosques, ancient monuments and lively atmosphere of Taksim bars and clubs. This...
