Coffee break
2022年10月5日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
On the way from the Hagia Sophia to the Archaeological Museum was a shop called Han Baclava. Didn't have a lunch break built in to the day plan, so stopped. This was the fanciest Turkish coffeeもっと詳しく
Hagia Sophia
2022年10月5日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
The Hagia Sophia is one of those 'bucket list' sights. I joined up with a booked tour guide and after a long line, we had a short tour of what was the largest church in the world for many years.
Theもっと詳しく
Istiklal Street
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Walked the main drag. Super crowded and super tired so did not make it up to Taksim Square, but I had seen it from the shuttle van last night on the way to the cruise. Decided to turn back, grabbing aもっと詳しく
Blue Mosque
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Right across the park from the Arts Museum is the "Blue Mosque" The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultanahmet Camii is nicknamed the Blue Mosque because of the beautiful blue tiles which adorn the interiorもっと詳しく
Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This museum is housed in the former 16th century palace of Suleiman the Magnificent’s Grand Vizier, Ibrahim Pasha. The museum holds approximately 40,000 pieces spanning from the 7th to 19th century.もっと詳しく
Rustem Pasa Mosque
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I had some trouble locating this mosque at first as it is just built right into the surrounding markets, but it was worth the extra few minutes as it is just filled with stunning tile work.
Theもっと詳しく
Snack at Bereket Doner
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Stopped for a doner in a hole in the wall next to the spice market entrance and paid 106TL for a wrap and a Coke Zero. Yum!
Spice Bazaar
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
So, leaving the mosque, it was thankfully downhill through more narrow streets. One thing you see a lot is deliveries are made by men pulling carts. Istanbul is also afflicted with the scooterもっと詳しく
Suleymaniye Mosque
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Suleiman Mosque is the city’s largest mosque; it took 7 years to build and was completed in 1557. The mosque was part of a complex which includes a hospital, soup kitchen, hospice, Turkish bath,もっと詳しく
Galata Bridge
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Arriving down the hill across some very busy streets is the Galata Bridge across the Golden Horn, a natural inlet in the Bosphorus River where it meets the Sea of Marmara. The Golden Horn dividesもっと詳しく
Galata Tower
2022年10月4日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Leaving the hotel is a nice neighbourhood before arriving at the Galata Tower just a few blocks from my hotel on my way to the bridge below. This tower was built to replace the Great Tower (Megalosもっと詳しく
Bosphorus Dinner Cruise
2022年10月3日, トルコ ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
So this activity came with the Istanbul e-Pass I bought for all the museum admissions and guided tours, so decided it would be a good thing to do the first night in town. A van was booked to pick meもっと詳しく
Arrival in Istanbul
2022年10月3日, トルコ ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Nancy dropped me at Kelowna airport, flight to Vancouver then from Vancouver to Frankfurt were on time. Dozed off on the red-eye, probably got 3 hours in. Connection to the Turkish flight to Istanbulもっと詳しく
Our trip in review
2019年5月18日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
For our 40th anniversary we decided to go to Rome, and while Doug had had a couple of quick visits, it was a city that we had always wanted to see. You can't see all of a country in one trip, nor evenもっと詳しく
Day 12 Travels - Our Last Day
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Our last day in Italy was certainly busy, departing the peace of the countryside above Sorrento on the 08:50 shuttle to catch 10:19 Campania Express train to Naples. This "tourist" train was lessもっと詳しく
Trevi Fountain
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Busy scene at both the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain. A lot of people just sitting about, vendors trying to sell roses and some sort of laser light toy. Tried a selfie; decided it was a bit tooもっと詳しく
Anniversary Dinner at Sofia
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Doug had booked this cute restaurant for our last night in Rome. Food and atmosphere was good - very intimate as compared with La Favorita in Sorrento - we shared a primi of cacio de pepe withもっと詳しく
La Passegieta
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
The Romans love their evening stroll. We took ours along Pz Barberini, Via Veneto, The Spanish Steps, Via Frattina, Via Del Corso.
Via Del Corso connects from The Vittoriano to People's Plaza andもっと詳しく
Al Viminale Hill Inn and Hotel
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Very smooth trip for an hour at 250 km/h on the Italo train from Naples to Roma Termini. Nancy now feeling she knows her way around Rome and would like to hop the H bus back to Trastevere, home base.もっと詳しく
Napoli lunch
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
On arrival in Naples Doug was feeling a bit unsettled and we did not feel like either taking the subway and doing the Rick Steves 1 hour walking tour or getting on the hop-on hop-off bus.もっと詳しく
Napoli
2019年5月17日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Wandered through crazy honk honk crowded Napoli where people live in the same crowded conditions that you see in the old immigrant area of NYC. Everyone hangs their laundry out. Clothes and shoppingもっと詳しく
Dinner at Villa Carolina (again!)
2019年5月16日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We decided we'd try for the shuttle after the ship docked and made it - 13 minutes to get from Porto all the way up the stairs to the train station with time to spare. Emanuela put together a "board"もっと詳しく
Giardini Poseidon Terme
2019年5月16日, イタリア ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
The Citera Beach south of Forio (end of Line 2) is very nice, resorts along it and then Poseidon at the end. It is quite large and a bit of a process getting organized - €10 deposit for bracelets,もっと詳しく
Ischia Day Trip
2019年5月16日, イタリア ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
The morning dawned cool and breezy with promising blue skies. Quite a chop on the water but as Ischia is served by the large hydrofoil, we went ahead with a day trip to Ischia. Nancy really wanted toもっと詳しく
Dinner at Villa Carolina
2019年5月15日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Emanuela taught us how to make Ravioli alla Caprese (from nearby Island of Capri) and we had it for dinner. Met a pleasant couple Joanne and Arthur from New Jersey who had rented a car and there was aもっと詳しく
I Giardini di Cataldo
2019年5月15日, イタリア ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
I Giardini di Cataldo was founded in 1999 by Salvatore Esposito in honor of his father Cataldo who firmly believed in the preserving and handing down of traditions to future generations. Apart fromもっと詳しく












































































































































旅行者5 TL is SO cheap. How do they survive