Travelogue 2: Istanbul

So there’s this door. It opens to two….CONTINENTS!!!!

WELCOME TO ISTANBUL…..

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Like I said, it’s a door….KNOCK KNOCK!

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I AM…. CHILLING OUT.

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DOSSO DOSSI HOTEL: WHERE YOU GET BROCCOLI SOUP.

OUR HOTEL.

 

Let’s have some respect, shall we?

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These kebabs rule… IMG20180428221645  And I see chips here so….yeah.

FIT FOR A SULTAN!!!!

#DERALIYEISTANBUL

BONUS PERK: All the guys here look like Daniel Radcliffe!!!!

#DanForever

Danrad

Hehe. Just felt like it….

Tour Time!

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The arrow indicates my eventual discourse on the Hippodrome.

So here goes….

At first, I thought that the Hippodrome has got something to do with hippos. Turns out it has a lot to do with chariot races (which might have used hippos, idk.)

End of discourse.

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Henry the Hippo^^^^(who is NOT a frog)

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This is supposed to be a tangled snake but sadly, its cerebral half is in the British Museum.

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Hagia Sophia: A museum, which was a mosque, which was a church, which was a blue print(before being built).  I CAPTURED THOSE MANY THINGS IN ONE PICTURE.

DO I HEAR APPLAUSE??!! THANK YOU!:))))

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And this is what religious tolerance looks like^^^^^^

THE BLUE MOSQUE

STEPS TO HEAVEN!!!!!

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BRIDGING GAPS SINCE 1609….

All water under the bridge. Who’s thinking Simon and Garfunkel???? We’re in Turkey and I wrote it.

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This tower is where Mother Gothel kept Rapunzel for 18 years.

#GalataTower

P.S. Please refer to Google, I’m just fan-girling over Disney.

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I’m the map, I’m the map; If there’s a place you gotta go I’m the one you need to know, I’M THE MAP!!!!

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Dora and Boots need to get to the Grand Bazaar to buy lanterns for the Choco latte festival!

Actually my mum wants to, oh sorry, NEEDS to. She be lovin’ to shop.

I gotta sweet tooth….

TURKISH DELIGHT!!!!!

All those who thought of Narnia, PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!!!! THREE CHEERS FOR EDMUND PEVENSIE!!!!!

As we come to the end of this blog, Imma show you more pictures of food, Ok?

Bon appétit!

And that’s it for this time, Mesdames et Messieurs. Istanbul accomplished! Until next time…. Back with another city! Paka!!!

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