tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post8438824892141213949..comments2023-06-21T14:14:24.806+01:00Comments on Blogtrotter: ISTANBUL, COLD AND WET...GMGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06775262251208390861noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-26461067499158145022009-11-15T14:52:30.513+00:002009-11-15T14:52:30.513+00:00Sultanahmet,
No doubt!!Sultanahmet,<br />No doubt!!Trotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-89301728282543945522009-11-15T13:38:27.064+00:002009-11-15T13:38:27.064+00:00East and west meets in Istanbul.
Thanks for sharin...East and west meets in Istanbul.<br />Thanks for sharing.sultanahmethttp://www.sultanahmet1.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-16122730604575527442007-10-30T22:58:00.000+00:002007-10-30T22:58:00.000+00:00Nihal,Thanks! I very much appreciated your comment...Nihal,<BR/>Thanks! I very much appreciated your comments. That's exactly what I missed under that snow storm: the Bosphorus cruise!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-44186550945655206262007-10-30T08:28:00.000+00:002007-10-30T08:28:00.000+00:00Hi again:) This morning I was digging some, and gu...Hi again:) This morning I was digging some, and guess what I found?! Wonderful wonderful write-ups and all fascinating pics from your Istanbul travel. Like a treasure all published here! Actually I did not expect to read such an impressive travel notes but you did. Thank you so much indeed. One thing missing.. a Bosphorus cruise you had not? Its highly adviced to take it in summer months:)Nihalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05921200854794301981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-81377389262539581122007-07-05T02:18:00.000+01:002007-07-05T02:18:00.000+01:00Jay,thanks for the hint. The 3D are stunning!Jay,<BR/>thanks for the hint. The 3D are stunning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-1867023018293690982007-07-04T20:22:00.000+01:002007-07-04T20:22:00.000+01:00I wish if i can share and invite you to view 3D M...I wish if i can share and invite you to view <A HREF="http://www.brainbubbles.biz/Blue-Mosque-Sultan-Ahmet-Camii-Istanbul-Turkey_3D-Modeling_articledetail_65_2.aspx" REL="nofollow"> 3D Models of Blue Mosque </A> here.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.brainbubbles.biz" REL="nofollow">Jay</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-842439455360786462007-06-16T01:31:00.000+01:002007-06-16T01:31:00.000+01:00Sigma,you're not the only one to find snow beautif...Sigma,<BR/>you're not the only one to find snow beautiful; the question is when and where to find it, and whether things are prepared to run smoothly even with the snow...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-86058265114856357172007-06-15T18:13:00.000+01:002007-06-15T18:13:00.000+01:00Of course! Snow might be considered as beautiful b...Of course! Snow might be considered as beautiful by someone like me, but it does not let one appreciate the beauty of the place, specially the urban ones, as you say.Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300547373292021313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-87355272747249196392007-06-14T11:43:00.000+01:002007-06-14T11:43:00.000+01:00Sigma,Thanks! Snow may be beautiful, but I don't t...Sigma,<BR/>Thanks! Snow may be beautiful, but I don't think it quite matches with urban life... I would have preferred to see Istanbul on the sunny side...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-60594935765055339222007-06-13T05:06:00.000+01:002007-06-13T05:06:00.000+01:00I enjoyed seeing the new additions of the photogra...I enjoyed seeing the new additions of the photographs. What a storm! And what a place. I am rather fascinated by snow, having lived in northern India and seen snow just once, and that too long after it had fallen down :-)Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300547373292021313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-72669666874136706752007-06-11T01:13:00.000+01:002007-06-11T01:13:00.000+01:00I'll have to go back, since the snow storm made it...I'll have to go back, since the snow storm made it a bit difficult to enjoy the city; but even without the storm I think it's worth while return to Istanbul...<BR/>I'll love to see your pictures from 1983...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-68242283608433349612007-06-10T17:38:00.000+01:002007-06-10T17:38:00.000+01:00Wow, awesome!!! Istanbul is one of the places I wo...Wow, awesome!!! Istanbul is one of the places I would definitely like to go back. Thanks for the reminder and for the descriptions. <BR/><BR/>Maybe I can find my old photos from 1983...Andrea Gerákhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027655359978598507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-45681683077065311732007-06-02T15:36:00.000+01:002007-06-02T15:36:00.000+01:00Thanks lv2!Thanks lv2!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-57703184502524365692007-06-02T13:20:00.000+01:002007-06-02T13:20:00.000+01:00Nice happy photos and I really like the painting t...Nice happy photos and I really like the painting too. I love those folk art looking paintings.lv2scpbkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727591726116331492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-32559424534590904932007-06-01T22:15:00.000+01:002007-06-01T22:15:00.000+01:00Isabella, you're perfectly right. Guida and I love...Isabella, you're perfectly right. Guida and I love to travel for the travel's sake; so Stevenson's quote is entirely adequate. I also love Benjamin Disraeli's quote: "Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen". It could also be Chatwin, or the quote from a Portuguese poet (Fernando Pessoa, maybe borrowing from Francesco Petrarca) «navegar é preciso, viver não é preciso». The common translation is: «to navigate is needed, to live is not needed...»; some say however that the correct translation should be «to navigate is precise, to live is not precise...».<BR/>Anyhow, «navigate» is compulsory...<BR/><BR/>Seda, Thanks for your comment. I promised myself to get back with a better weather... and to visit the Asian part of Turkey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-57261749218264544032007-05-30T07:30:00.000+01:002007-05-30T07:30:00.000+01:00First of all, thank you for your lovely comments o...First of all, thank you for your lovely comments on my Istanbul blog...<BR/><BR/>You have great pictures here...I loved them all and all the history is just great. You did a good job introducing my city :) but I wish you could visit in spring or summer time. <BR/>It is much more fun to wonder around...<BR/><BR/>Thanks again...Sedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12165937183845353650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-84166496246398451612007-05-30T02:54:00.000+01:002007-05-30T02:54:00.000+01:00What stikes me about your photos is the pure joy i...What stikes me about your photos is the pure joy in your companion's (your wife?) and your face...<BR/>"I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move." ~Robert Louis Stevenson<BR/>I find this quote befitting your blog ;-)isahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16691699331129121806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-47718539199018972242007-05-30T00:10:00.000+01:002007-05-30T00:10:00.000+01:00April, it's amazing but I think most people that v...April, it's amazing but I think most people that visit Düsseldorf will drop by at Im Füchschen and have an «Alt»...<BR/><BR/>Thanks Kalyan and Ruth.<BR/><BR/>Ash, now that you mention Pamuk I've to find out where did I leave the last book from him that I bought...<BR/><BR/>Dsole, it’s a good choice. I’ll get back there for sure...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-18604948395628007102007-05-29T21:16:00.000+01:002007-05-29T21:16:00.000+01:00Istambul is one the places I need to know soon! Is...Istambul is one the places I need to know soon! Is one of my very first must-be-visited soon... thank you for the photos!!!Dsolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05491498882136615261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-60223582957164714772007-05-29T17:57:00.000+01:002007-05-29T17:57:00.000+01:00I've been intrigued by Istanbul after reading Orha...I've been intrigued by Istanbul after reading Orhan Pamuk's books. <BR/><BR/>Beautiful images, thanks for sharing!Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05867919018746028462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-19016890435623379512007-05-29T02:05:00.000+01:002007-05-29T02:05:00.000+01:00Thank you for your visit to Flying, and the timing...Thank you for your visit to Flying, and the timing is perfect, as I'm visiting your blog the first time when you've posted about Istanbul, where I lived 3 years back in the '80s! I'm on dialup at home, and I'll check out your photos and the music better at work tomorrow. ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-4766083878652770672007-05-28T16:00:00.000+01:002007-05-28T16:00:00.000+01:00Some beautifully captured shots from a beautiful p...Some beautifully captured shots from a beautiful place & it was nice to view all the shots with the descriptions.Kalyan Panjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00806730473428069202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-445358275669598522007-05-28T10:37:00.000+01:002007-05-28T10:37:00.000+01:00Oh, I see, rain everywhere, almost in the whole of...Oh, I see, rain everywhere, almost in the whole of Europe. Nevertheless you have managed to show us some interesting photos of Istanbul and the rain doesn't seem to have done any harm on you.<BR/><BR/>I answered 'Füchschen' at my blog.Kunterbunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12860374171818800222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-58720630490141364802007-05-28T00:08:00.000+01:002007-05-28T00:08:00.000+01:00Sigma Turkey is sure a very interesting place to v...Sigma <BR/>Turkey is sure a very interesting place to visit. This post is only on Istanbul, but one day I'll try to get to the Asian side... Anyhow Istanbul, a crossroad of cultures, is a wonderful city, with thousands of years of history, and lots to see and enjoy. I still have some photos for a new post, but one day I’ll get back in summer!<BR/><BR/>Hi Niki<BR/>Thanks for the comment. Guida also thanks for the compliment!<BR/><BR/>Freefalling<BR/>Thanks for the visit and comment. Next time in Australia I’ll visit Melbourne. It goes back to my 1956 memories – Dawn Fraser, Adidas Melbourne and the first Olympic Games I’ve read about in the press…<BR/>I’ve been in Malta in May/June 1999, but have only one Conference photo of that stay. I’ve also a one and a half hour video, but that’s unsuitable for a travel blog. I’ll probably make a text post on Blogtrotter 90s, just to draw the attention to a certain Manoel (or maybe two), who was the 66th Grand Master of the Order.<BR/>Iceland is on my list, for a summer trip, but now I’m much more sedentary than I used to be. It was to be last year, but I haven’t given up…<BR/><BR/>Peter<BR/>Thanks for your visits and comments. I think your Paris blog is absolutely fantastic, and enjoyed a lot your last «expedition» in Montmartre. I’m pleased that you found my posts on Paris of interest and look forward to seeing your new ones.<BR/>For some years I was travelling a lot (slept roughly at least 150 nights abroad every year). Now things are much quieter and I must confess I miss it… That was also one of the reasons why I started the Blogtrotter(s); travel blogs with memories from five continents (friends from US would say Six Continents)!<BR/>But even with globalization, it’s not such a small world… There are so many different places to see, so many different people to know, so much to do. It takes much more time (and that’s something you cannot borrow) than the time needed to hear the «Brilliant Editions» (they are brilliant, no publicity) of Bach’s “Gesamtwerke” (160 CDs) or Mozart’s “Intégrale” (170 CDs)… Paraphrasing a proverb from Salvador da Bahia’s docks, quoted by Jorge Amado in «Pastores da Noite» (Shepherds of the Night), “One cannot visit everyplace on Earth, but one ought to make an effort…”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14878297.post-24011812285071812102007-05-27T21:47:00.000+01:002007-05-27T21:47:00.000+01:00Just fyi, I did not work on my own blog today, but...Just fyi, I did not work on my own blog today, but I took some time to look a bit closer on yours. Impressed by your "weekend work"! I saw also your visit to Paris learnt a lot - and got some ideas about future subjects.<BR/><BR/>You are really a globetrotter - and with the right spirit!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024294080108212018noreply@blogger.com