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Istanbul
We finally booked our next trip and this time we are off to Istanbul for an entire week. We plan to visit the mosques, eat mezes all day, and just relax and enjoy this city which spans two continents....
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Turkish Breakfast
Cafe Privato The turkish breakfast is really quite the feast. It’s a buffet lover’s dream, without the horrible heating lamps. Our first foray in to the turkish breakfast scene was at Cafe Privato....
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Street Eats: Istanbul
Like any good city, Istanbul has plenty of great street eats. Like any good food lover we tried to sample as many as we could! This is all we could manage: Lahmacun – Also known as the “Turkish...
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Istanbul is the Cat’s Meow!
Yes! Istanbul loves cats and no, I am not talking about the musical. Everywhere you go there are cats roaming the streets, hanging out in windows, perched on cars, and just about anywhere else you can...
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Cooking Class in Istanbul
Since we love food it is pretty natural that we also love learning how to make local dishes. The only thing we planned before heading to Istanbul, was our cooking class with Cooking Alaturka. The...
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Mikla – Istanbul
Turkish food is delicious, but fancy turkish food is out of this world! We spent a very lovely evening overlooking Istanbul and enjoying a whole new take on some of the classics at Mikla. The dishes we...
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Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque, and Basilica Cistern
It was a jam packed day of sightseeing for us, but since we managed to play our cards right we were able to knock out three biggies in the Sultanahmet district. Before all of this sightseeing could...
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Grand Bazaar in Istanbul
The Grand Bazaar is the largest covered market in the world. This is not a place that you walk in to hungry, tired, or in poor walking shoes. We went here a couple of times. Day 1 was just to get the...
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