Turkey Travel Stories
Turkey Travel Stories is a collection of travel stories from all over Turkey contributed by travelers, sharing the experience of Turkish culture, special places, nature, Turkish hospitality and also some other travel experiences you should read before you travel.
Life and times of a modern day orientalist
This is my first installment of what has been a quarter of a century love affair with Turkey. I know it sounds a bit naf the word 'orientalist' Like something directly from previous centuries the name invokes memories and feelings of those who came before us, who for some reason escaped their homelands and were mystified, hypnotised by all things 'oriental'
Kas, queen of turquise coast...
Emperor Constantine Porphrogenitus describled the city as "Thrice blessed, myrrh-breathing city of the Lycians, where the mighty Nicolaus, servant of God, spouts forth myrrh in accordance with the city's name."
Tony’s Twist on Istanbul
According to Virgil, the Roman poet, Aeneas, the legendary founding-father of the Roman nation hailed from the ancient city of Troy on the Eastern coast of the Dardanelles. North through the straits of the Dardanelles at the opposite end of the Marmara Sea, Constantine returned close to his roots and installed his new Roman capital on the Bosphorus in Byzantium, even then the crossroads of East and West, naming it Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul.
Turkishly Delighted in Istanbul
A false start marked the begining of our Round the World Trip. We went to the wrong airport in Belfast; if it were not for Tony’s dad, Pete Schumacher, we might have missed our plane. After that everything went smoothly, flying out on time from London Heathrow’s flashy Terminal 5 on British Airways, in spite of their strike.
A la Turca Surreal Surroundings
Another dream fulfilled; we are just back from our hot air balloon flight over the surreal surroundings of Cappadocia in Turkey (Turkish: Kapadokya), which is dominated by caves and fairy chimneys that change colour depending on the sunlight.
Double Dinner in Istanbul
Oh, to be full - that glorious feeling of profound tautness across your middle section. I love everything about it: the light-headed rush of the food high, the subtle burps, the inability to hold your torso upright without support, and the final surrender to unbuttoning a notch on your belt if not your pants. Let’s be clear, this is not the sick feeling one gets after having consumed a crappy double cheese burger and large chocolate shake at three in morning in a parking lot. No, this is the drowsy nirvana experienced after leisurely hours of consuming fresh, well-prepared food hopefully with friends or loved ones and maybe with a good bottle of wine.
On the Street in Istanbul, Part Two
Who wouldn’t delight in a thick wedge of still-steaming apple pie smoothered in cinnamon and sugar, a gooey English toffee pudding oozing saccraferious syrup, or a tower of ice cream loaded with nuggets of buttery cookie dough and crowned with a lava of fudge. I wouldn’t.
On the Street in Istanbul, Part One
When travelling, I never have the money or the desire to eat at restaurants for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so I often turn to street food – quick, cheap, and easy. After spending a couple of days gorging on creative arrays of street food in Istanbul, I’ve realized that it is perfectly capable of standing on it’s own as an example of Istanbul’s dynamic cuisine. Often simple, always inexpensive, Istanbul has a vast array of wonderful street food, only a few of which I have room to highlight in this post. Fear not, part two will follow.
Pamukkale and Hierapolis
The innkeeper arranged a tour for me to Pamukkale, famous for its calcium springs, and Hierapolis, a city located above the springs that dates to pre-Roman times, was destroyed by earthquakes and rebuilt several times. At 80TL (about $50), including lunch and admissions, it seemed pretty reaqsonable.
First Day in Istanbul: Pide, Lahmacun, Durums
So the Food Jihadist is now eating in Turkey, but I must admit, I am not finding it very much of a challenge to enjoy the food. We arrived exhausted from a late night flight and in desperate need of some carbohydrates to refuel, so we dragged our feet to Konak in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul on Istiklal street.
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