Mmmm...Istanbul ni sememangnya sebuah tempat yang menarik. Terletak di persimpangan dua benua, Asia dan Eropah serta menjadi tempat pertembungan budaya. Kota yg penuh dengan kesan sejarah yang menarik untuk diteroka dan dihayati.
Not to be missed at this vibrant and lively city are:
1- Blue Mosque and other mosques,
2- Topkapi Palace,
3- Hagia Sophia,
4- Bosphorus cruise,
5- Grand Bazaar,
6- spice market,
7- fish market and other places.
Kalau waktu petang boleh lah ber'sidai' kat tepi laut Marmara. Aktiviti utama: memancing. It was like a bonding session for some families whereby fathers teach their sons how to catch fish. I found it interesting. The lucky ones would get a lot of fish. They would then deposit their catch into a big mineral water bottle.
Apa yang menariknya, kail mereka bukan setakat ada satu umpan, tapi banyak. Mungkin lebih dari sepuluh. Sekali angkat penuh dengan ikan, yang bersaiz kecil aje lah. Suasana semacam pesta...sementelah musim panas, waktu siangnya panjang. Hawkers pun berjualan, makanan ringan dan minuman terutamanya teh.
Talking about tea, you can find all sorts of tea in Istanbul. Black tea, fruit based tea, herbal tea...you name it...they have it all...so to speak. We were spoiled for choice. Tapi the most common was apple tea. Pure apple tea...made of dried apple granules...mmm...lovely.
Halal food was not a problem in this city. Halal restaurants were everywhere; from simple dining to fine dining, from western cuisine to Turkish cuisine and Ottoman cuisine. Take your pick! However, I found that Ottoman dish was a little bit sweet. Other than that, I've no complaint. I was one happy diner.
p/s: mcm mana nak pusing gambar2 ni bagi betul?
Tidaakkkkkk.. Jeles! jeles! jeles sampai ke puncak. hahaha..
ReplyDeletebila saya nak sampai istanbola ni. orang kata istanbul is like east meets west. wow, harap2 dapatlah ke sana nanti
hehe...pergilah kau ke istanbul ;)
ReplyDeletemasa MAS buat sale tu, beli lah tiket ke istanbul. tapi kalau nk suasana lain dr Malaysia, jgn pergi masa summer. nanti rasa cuaca mcm kat Malaysia je. hehehe...pergi masa spring...nyaman skit la kot...masa pergi late may suhu ok gak la.tapi masa pergi semula early june tu dah panas skit dah.kulit muka pun rasa perit je. nk kena pakai lotion byk2. depa kata kalau july tu tgh peak la tu panasnya.
p/s: kalau dh book tiket nanti, bg tau ye ;)
ala, ustazah kalau pergi ajak2 la sy yang menyinggle ni. ni asek nak dating berdua je. hahahaha.. sy suka jalan2 backpacking tp member2 smua dah kawen :( kang jalan sorang kang orang kata bawak diri pulak..
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