Wake me up when September ends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjNJmwwf7QA
Summer has come & passed - luckly the sun is on our side and the summer lasts a little longer. Unbelievable that I´m here for for 29 days; for four weeks; for one month. And still I get at least one time a day the song of Max Herre in my mind "you are so beautiful" because you Istanbul are so beautiful. Even when you spend hours and hours standing in buses and you become really pissed of by the long distances you have to overcome just to get from a to b together with 1000s of people you find in the end something in this city which was totally worth it - no matter if it is just the smile of the man you by your simit from when you are able to order in Turkish aaaaand can also ask for the price (bir simit lütfen, ne kadar?) or once more an amazing view over the silhouette of the mosques.
Sunday we took once more the ferry to the European side - mission of the day: move up to the Galata tower. With thisidea we were not alone so we ended up at the top (after standing in line for about an hour but rome wasn`t build in a day) in the middle of felt 100 people around - every one with the intention to take the best picture ever. (the Japanese people where especially interested in taking picutures of us). Istanbul showed herself from the best side and the sunrise completed the atmosphere.
Knowing that coffee is good for wellbeing (recently discoverd on http://www1.lavazza.com/corporate/de/coffeculture/wealth/ - you can also find out how to read the tea leaves which is very common here and stands also on my to do list on this site - very interesting) we went to Lavazza for having really good coffee which is very hard to find in Turkey when you don`t prefere the Turkish taste (very strong like 10 espresso for me or the much to sweet 3in1 Nescafé sticks). When we payed the waiter over the counter gave us some cookies in the form of a gingerbread man :) But because they look so nice to eat we bought traditional Turkish sweet cake for the ride back with the ferry. Back to black in the never ending bus...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjNJmwwf7QA
Summer has come & passed - luckly the sun is on our side and the summer lasts a little longer. Unbelievable that I´m here for for 29 days; for four weeks; for one month. And still I get at least one time a day the song of Max Herre in my mind "you are so beautiful" because you Istanbul are so beautiful. Even when you spend hours and hours standing in buses and you become really pissed of by the long distances you have to overcome just to get from a to b together with 1000s of people you find in the end something in this city which was totally worth it - no matter if it is just the smile of the man you by your simit from when you are able to order in Turkish aaaaand can also ask for the price (bir simit lütfen, ne kadar?) or once more an amazing view over the silhouette of the mosques.
Sunday we took once more the ferry to the European side - mission of the day: move up to the Galata tower. With thisidea we were not alone so we ended up at the top (after standing in line for about an hour but rome wasn`t build in a day) in the middle of felt 100 people around - every one with the intention to take the best picture ever. (the Japanese people where especially interested in taking picutures of us). Istanbul showed herself from the best side and the sunrise completed the atmosphere.
Knowing that coffee is good for wellbeing (recently discoverd on http://www1.lavazza.com/corporate/de/coffeculture/wealth/ - you can also find out how to read the tea leaves which is very common here and stands also on my to do list on this site - very interesting) we went to Lavazza for having really good coffee which is very hard to find in Turkey when you don`t prefere the Turkish taste (very strong like 10 espresso for me or the much to sweet 3in1 Nescafé sticks). When we payed the waiter over the counter gave us some cookies in the form of a gingerbread man :) But because they look so nice to eat we bought traditional Turkish sweet cake for the ride back with the ferry. Back to black in the never ending bus...
Galata tower one of the oldest & most beautiful towers in Istanbul was built in 528 during the sovereignty of the Byzantine Emperor Justanianus. Having been used by the Genoese in the 13th century the tower was caputured by the Turks in 1453 when the Byzantium was conquered by them. It measures 61 meters high from the ground and 140 meters from the sea level.
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