Istanbul

[tiko_san]

Ahhh.. Moscow!
Cold and sunny today. Snow was falling yesterday, today only ROUBLE...
Alas, trade winds are blowing. Sails are up. Tickets almost purchased.
From Moscow, I am relocating to Istanbul for 2-3 days. 
Anyone can give any good advices? Places? Hotels? 
On the agenda:
- baths
- tea houses
- Blue Mosque
- Bazars

and much more...

Comments

The manliest things to do in the whole of Istanbul.

[fish_pix]

Eat ice-cream! Not just any ice-cream, but salep dondurma. You've probably figured that this is no ordinary ice cream ;)
"... it's derived of natural wild orchid tubers, which gives it the distinct gooiness. The word "salep" comes from the Arabic and means fox testicles. The word is, that the dried tubers do bear a striking resemblance to that part of male anatomy! Ancient accounts referred to this similarity, and Greek physicians recommended the use of orchid tubers as an aphrodisiac. The word orchis in Greek means "testicle" and so it seems that human interest in orchids was originally focused on their erotic, rather then decorative qualities."

И в баню. В Cagaloglu Hamami, which allegedly saw the bare bottoms of Franz Liszt, Edward VIII, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Florence Nightingale.

a) stay safe

[murzik]

b) go to marmara hotel, get yourself a box of turkish delight at the marmara cafe on the first floor of that hotel, to go, in wooden boxes, a cup of coffee and some sweets to partake in while you are there.
c)go to the bazar, especially the old one, the place is beautiful.
d) take a little boat ride on the bosfor, along the old palaces, gorgeous.
e) stay safe and sound.

[incorruotiw]

Не понимаю как такое может быть - именно на вашем блоге через раз антивирусник ругается, на остальных блогах жж нормально :(