Sulemanyie mosque
There is a mosque in Istanbul that truly defines its skyline. It took me a while to find out which mosque it was and a very long time to memorize […]
Category Archives: Turkey
Kadikoy
Sitting between two continents, in Istanbul with a short ferry ride from Europe, you will land in Kadikoy, the most famous Asian neighborhood. Not only is the ferry ride worth […]
Cruising the Bosphorus
When my parents came to visit we did one of the very famous Bosphorus cruises. It was very nice – but in my humble (and maybe cheap) opinion, the ferry […]
Discovering the Basilica Cistern
Around the time I was starting to get embarrassed for not having visited the Basilica Cistern yet, a friend of mine told me it was nothing special. “Just a small […]
Kurban Bayramı –
About 40 days after Ramadan there is a public holiday in turkey called Kurban Bayramı. Animal lovers should stop reading about now as this is the day of the sacrifice. […]
Pammukale – Turkey
Oh Pammukale how disappointing. I mean it is beautiful. Incredible. Out of this world. Except that it isn’t. Maybe it was for the fact that we had only about three […]
Cappadocia II
If you missed the first post about Cappadocia go here. I hate mornings. My days are better when starting after 10. That is waking up time. However there are […]
Turkish lights
The famous Turkish lamps might just be one of the city’s best greeting cards and for good reason – they are colorful and extremely photogenic. Here are some of my […]
Rooftop
Just before a friend of mine came to visit she said “I also want to go to that place where you take pictures with everyone”. My Facebook has quite a […]
Cappadocia I
Well, it would just be a crime not to visit Cappadocia after spending more than five months in Turkey right? Let me tell you the answer for that – yes […]
Ephesus
Ephesus. How to put it? I am not a big fan of ruins. Generally speaking it doesn’t thrill me. If you go through my posts on Rome it might surprise […]
A long overdue return – and film photography
Today I felt like writing, I have been out of the blog for a long time after a post, gulp, promising more writing – I am sorry about that. I […]
(pre) concept - break your journey 