Everyone I know who has returned from a visit to Istanbul wants to move there. No kidding.
Maybe it’s the diversity. What can you say about a country where the state-run Turkish television and radio network (TRT) is planning on broadcasting in 30 languages on its web site?
Istanbul has had lots of names, too, including Byzantium and Constantinople. The city even spans two continents, Europe and Asia. It’s been on everybody’s trade route ever since its founding. There’s access to two seas, too: the Med and the Black Sea.
So, what I’m saying here is that instead of visiting those 7 European countryies in 13 days like you were planning on doing, why not just get an apartment in Istanbul for two weeks and see two continents where folks speak lots of different languages? Not to mention lots of religions, spices, and some mighty strange toilets…
And there are those Bazaars, full of hand crafted things. Hey, Meester, you want a rug? This has to be the national call of Turkey during tourist season. Where do tourists, even with their bigger than life baggage, put a rug for Pete sakes?
And you have to go have a Turkish bath. Those were the good old days, eh? I mean when people bathed together in public.
So to Istanbul. Chill out in the melting pot. Tell me how it was. I’ll be right behind you.
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