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i was in istanbul \/ turkey for 9 days… longest ‘stationary’ holidays in the last couple of years.
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\nthe city is full of stray cats and… guys. first must be a cultural thing<\/a>, second one – possibly too. city is messy… for a while i felt it’s messy beyond my tolerance but i ended up liking it quite a lot. it’s very crowded and very lively although even in the touristic districts it’s mostly the locals. there are plenty of food stands – people selling rise, fried chicken or fish, kebabs, salads, sweets, chestnuts, boiled and fried corn, freshly squeezed fruit juice.<\/p>\n

we’ve walked a lot.. really a lot – both on european and asian sides of the bosphorus. our hostel was in the Fatih district, very close to the sultanahmet mosque – we could reach it and the blue mosque in 5 minutes. in the same district there were some remainings of the old fortification, a bit more distant – parts of the roman aqueduct, big spices bazaar. <\/p>\n

from Em\u0131n\u00f6n\u00fc\u200e<\/a> and Karak\u00f6y\u200e<\/a> we’ve taken ferries to the Asian side [Kadik\u00f6y\u200e<\/a>] [2TLY\/pers\/one way]. from Kabata\u015f\u200e<\/a> – ferry to the princess islands [4tly\/pers\/one way]. from Em\u0131n\u00f6n\u00fc\u200e – ferry treep up the bosphorus [10tly\/pers].<\/p>\n

more often than not we passed by the Istiklal Avenue leading to the Taksim square – plenty of ‘western’ shops & restaurants. <\/p>\n

we’ve tried to climb on the Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i K\u00f6pr\u00fcs\u00fc bridge between European and Asian side but we gave up at the end – most probably only car traffic is allowed on it.<\/p>\n

what did i like:<\/p>\n