Turkey Trip 2011

• Day 1:
• Arrive in Istanbul on Friday at 9.30 in the morning, we change money in the airport (but its better to change in the city), then we took  E10 bus(3,5lira) to Kadikoy, seeing the asia side of turkey all the way up to Kadikoy. then continue with ferry to Eminonu(1,5lira), thats where I was busy taking pictures, then we left the lunch box there and we missed to go down, we sailed again to karakoy. Then we took taxi (10lira) to our hotel, still have to walk a little bit.   Arrive at hotel, they gave us good room with bathroom and 2 beds. I wait upstrais with faris while the cleaner clean the room, and my husband went to Jumah prayer (it finished at 2). I went to room, with faris get rest, pray then went out, met Amr then we walk to Hagia Sophia,  blue mosque and hippodrome and around there. Lunch in the small kebab place, order turkeish cofee but I dont like it, meatball sandwich and cheese spring roll. Then we continue walking to gulhane (but only small walk, it gets so cold and faris is sleeping) we went back to hotel, and sleep until the next day. 
• Day 2: (saturday)
• Wake up, breakfast and go out from hotel at 11am, rainy day till night. Tortured and cold day. We go to covered bazaar, mahmut pasa and beyazit mosque (in fronht of istanbul university). Freeezing cold!! The coming back was very difficult to buy token. Then we eat in Tarihi Sultanahmet Koftecisi, Try Turkish meatball in this historical restaurant Located at the Sultanahmed square since 1920. Address: Divanyolu Cad. No:12/ A Sultanahmet
• back to hotel, sleep. Im awake to edit foto, then went out to starbuck, didnt find turkish mug, only SUMATERA. Went to blue mosque but closed n my batere low. Back to hotel, charge, then  upstairs, scarry. Done, sleep.
• Day 3: (sunday)
• We woke up late, bfast 8am, packed up n dressing 11am. Go around sultanahmet, street cold fountain or around hagia sophia, look inside gulhane from other angle, eat in kebab place. 
• Then move to new hotel hippodrome, check in at 1 oclock, mbak agustine arrive, faris poop very big. And our husbands moving the luggage from star holiday. Then we pray in blue moswue, continue walking to mahmutpasa, buying my pardesu, but it was too small, the we have to change after a very far walk. Wait for cutting around new mosque and egyptian bazaar.  Then went back to hotel, but we didnt go down at sultanahmet, we continue until BAGCILAR!! so faar. Then turn back to sultanahmet, eat and sleep.
• Day 4: (monday) 
• After breakfast (we always go to breakfast at 8am, then back to room, prepare to go, sometimes nap time for faris and baba and reviewing the route for mama).
• The we walked from our new hotel, its a very nice environment, like european small street. We walked to topkapi palace from other door, a very beautiful park, then went from the museum, the to gulhane park, all the way out to eminonu. Drizzle and cold. Eminonu was big, so many port and bus station.. and very cold too. We find our bus, a little bit at the end, near turyol ticket booth. Then we go to miniaturk, faaaaarrrr away to the other side (golden horn). We were just 1.5hours there. Went back to hotel, before that eat lunch. Sleep, I woke up at 10 to go for nightshot at aya sophia and blue mosque while baby and baba sleep. 
• Reaching Miniaturk:can take a bus to Miniaturk from Eminonu. Bus numbers 47Ç and 47 E, passes just in front of Miniaturk. 
• Day 5: (Tuesday)
• bfast and go out at 1.30 to Emirgan Park (From Sultanahmet: Take the T1 Tram to Kabatas. From there, you can take the buses 22 ( Kabatas -Istinye Dereici), 22RE(Kabatas-Fatih Sultan Mehmet) or 25E ( Kabatas - Sariyer). Get off at the 'Emirgan' stop ( After 'Cinaralti' stop.)  Its soooo far it took around 1.5hours to reach emirgan, but the way there is so fun, allll the way was port!! very near to the road, big boats. Emirgan was big, but the tulip wasnt there yet.. sooo disappointed. The road is going up like hill. Then walked back along the beautiful seaside. Waiting in the bus stop, but then pray and buy snack from nearest mini market. Went back to hotel. See bazzar behind blue mosque. Sleep. 

• Day 6 (wednesday)
• Bophorus tour.

To Eminonu at 10, buy ticket 25lira each long tour. Along the way so many nice view. Stop in anadolu kavagi, climb up to the hill (sooo tired but fun and consider it sport). Nice cafe and view from up there. I went up alone to the ruined castle, to see the meeting point of bosphorus and black sea, but foggy. Then we go down at 2pm, eat, pray and go up to the boat, departed at 3. back to eminonu. But we didnt go back to eminonu, but to besiktas to go to yildiz park. Walked so far, no tulips too :((, cold and almost night, but we cant stay longer, its so cold, and faris puuup very big.. uff.. . Pray and back to hotel. Sleep.

• Day 7 (Thursday)
• Prince's island, buy food before u go to this island, at least enough for 1 full day. 
• In the morning, after breakfast and packing, we took our luggage to move to a new hotel in prince's island or Adalar, in Buyukada island (the biggest Island). We went to sultanahmet, took tram to KABATAS (1.5lira for 15min), the go out from the tram station, across the street, there are 2 big companies of ferry. 1 is IDO, expensive and fast (7lira) depart at 11 and 12.30 or every 1.5hours), the other I think turyol, a little smaller but convenient too, for half the price. And we catched it at the last second @12 noon.  All the way to adalar was so beautiful, day was bright (but still cold in the front deck). They journey took around 1.5 hours. The are many other island on the way, they are all beautiful and what most interesting is the seagulf bird!! many of the follow the ferry to catch some bread. Arrive in Buyukada,  we search for our hotel, its verrry near to the port. Get some rest, then we went out again @4pm, walked around the seafront, nice houses and restaurant, peacefully. Eat cheese pide (1.5lira), ice cream (1lira 1 scoop, super yummy), and meat pizza or laham... something, I forgot.(2.5lira) I bought silver with real stone earring for my mother and sisters, there was 1 amethyst earring, 50lira.. or 125riyal or around 400ribu.. its huge.. but I didnt buy, I regretted it. 
• Buyukada is so big, we can use feyton or horse carrier, but it was too expensive around 50lira (short tour) and 60 lira (long tour).

• Day 8 (Friday)
• after bfast in the room, around 7.30am,we went to buyukuda port, ferry to kartal, buy tiket for 3.5lira. Feryboat came at 7.40 and we departed at 7.45. The journey took around 25 minutes. then wait for bus E9 to sabiha (wait in front of the port bus stop) http://harita.iett.gov.tr/en/?hat=ex9  waiting for the bus was soo long around 1hour (but better than taking a cab, it could cost 35-50lira. The journey to sabiha gokcen took around 20-25min. Arrive in the airport, go to international departure. Bye bye beautiful country. :((
• WHAT I MISSED AND SHOULD BE DONE LATER, INSHAALLAH:
• taksim square (ride and take the picture of nostalgic tram, and also the furnicular or subway).
• Take night shoot at the brigde.
• Rumeli hisari
• tulips!!!
• galatta tower. 

I NEED TO ADD VIDEO!!! 1 full hour of TURKEY TRIP 2011 / PEER