Since we get a nice 4 day break between work cycles, I took a 'weekend'trip to Istanbul, Turkey. Great fun and I highly recommend it if you are ever in the neighborhood. It's a very old and historic city, with history and surprises everywhere you turn. Great restaurants, bars, rooftop dining, sidewalk cafes, tea gardens (usually in a cemetary), and yummy bakalavars. 1000+ yr old mosques, churches, and other buildings and ruins everywhere you turned. The Grand Bazaar is a great place to get lost for a few hours--just have to keep saying 'no'to all the hawkers.
If you go, do go in numbers. The vendors and tour guides can be very aggressive--but once I teamed up with a couple new friends from England they were less of a nuisance. Also for ladies, I heard that there is alot of harassment--so take a guy along with you to fend off some of the static. But do go--it's well worth it!
The photo album is quite large--I haven't had a chance to edit it down, but if you have some time enjoy!
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