We have a great few days in Istanbul, its a marvelous city right on the water. The weather has been about 40 degrees cooler than India, but its been a welcome change. We finally get to bust out some of our cold weather clothes that we've been lugging around SE Asia and India for the past 2 months...makes the packs a bit lighter, but the new wardrobe that CJ has bought makes up for the difference!
We stayed in the historic part of town with great views of the Hagia Sofia and Blue Mosque. We've been dining on simit, sort of a turkish pretzel that is sold everywhere, and other tasty goodies from numerous street vendors. We strolled through the Grand Bazaar that has been in action since the 1400s making it the oldest bazaar in the world. Today we took a ferry across to the Asian side of Istanbul and walked around some markets over there.
Tonight we get to take a 20-hour overnight train to Bucharest, Romania! How exciting!! We'll stay in Bucharest for one night, then head up to the Transylvanian town of Brasov and search for remnants of Dracula or the unlucky souls who crossed his path! After 2 nights in Brasov we'll head to Belgrade where we'll get some home cooking and family hospitality from my Unlce Keith and his wife Chris...very much looking forward to that!! At that point we also hope to be able to upload more photos so be on the lookout for new photos on some old posts. Next stop Transylvania!!
Flight from Bahrain to Istanbul...who knows what I'm drinking?!?
One of the Spaniards checking out the belly dancing attire at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul
3 comments:
wow, just got back from a trip to miami and caught up on your travels. exciting. did you have some burek in turkey? it's a cheese (or meat) filled pastry, delicious, except, it's muuuuch yummier in belgrade. must try!
got a missed call this weekend from croatia and thought it might have been from you guys, glad to see you spent easter with drac. enjoy belgrade, and don't forget to curse a lot, it's customary there (try: "u picku materinu" pronounced (oo peach-koo ma-tereenoo) when you get upset, locals will appreciate it. i'll tell you what it means next time!
Hi C. J. and R. J. -
This is Steve Feith. Don't know if you remember me, but I'm Eric and R. J.'s father from the old Meadowrun Way court.
Eric shared your blog with me just after you started your trip. I have enjoyed it very much.
You two have really done something that will be a lifetime of memories, and that very, very few people ever get to do. The blog is a great way to chronicle your trip.
Thanks for sharing and I am looking forward to the upcoming pictures.
Regards and Blessings,
Steven
rj and cj. i ve been meaning to check out your blog for a long time now. you two are having the time of your lives.....awesome!! since its raining in socal, ill have to read through the backlog. keep posting and come home more and more in love. KJ
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