Turkey – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Fri, 06 Apr 2018 17:27:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My Travel and Blogaversary! https://www.alexinwanderland.com/my-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-anniversary https://www.alexinwanderland.com/my-anniversary/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2012 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=8452 Koh Rong, Cambodia
Today is my anniversary: One year in the life of a full time traveler, and one year in the life of this blog. One June 9th, 2011, I watched the Manhattan skyline disappear into the distance as I flew towards Scotland and the unknown. An hour earlier, hunched over my laptop using airport WiFi, I launched […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/my-anniversary/feed/ 66 Alex In Wanderland The Great Escape: Month 2 Roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-2-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-great-escape-month-2-roundup https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-2-roundup/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:50:33 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=4840 Um, yeah. Remember when I did a Month 1 Roundup and it was such a fun and helpful feature for those catching up? Well I kind of dropped the ball and never posted Month 2, despite it sitting near finished in drafts. And now I’m almost up to Month 5! But I really like this feature […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-great-escape-month-2-roundup/feed/ 17 Returning to Asia https://www.alexinwanderland.com/returning-to-asia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=returning-to-asia https://www.alexinwanderland.com/returning-to-asia/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:50:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3412 Flying from Istanbul to Bangkok was one of the most emotional journeys of my life. I reflected on the fact that Istanbul, lying between two continents, had been the perfect place to bridge the gap between my summer in Europe and what would be my new existence in Asia. I imagined this reunion, between my favorite […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/returning-to-asia/feed/ 4 The Istanbul 8 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/istanbul-attractions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=istanbul-attractions https://www.alexinwanderland.com/istanbul-attractions/#comments Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3375
Like any of the world’s great cities, Istanbul has more to do than there are hours in the day. Unless you have the luxury of a super long visit or the willpower to forgo sleep, you’ll never see it all. Here are eight must-dos that should top your list of Istanbul attractions. 1. Shop Till You […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/istanbul-attractions/feed/ 21 Alex In Wanderland Istanbul By Bus and Boat https://www.alexinwanderland.com/city-sightseeing-istanbul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=city-sightseeing-istanbul https://www.alexinwanderland.com/city-sightseeing-istanbul/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:50:03 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=4276 Once we settled into our plush digs, we decided to explore the city in the same way I had explored London earlier in the summer- by bus and by boat. Istanbul is broken in to three major districts, all divided by water. Our hotel was in Cihangir, which is in the Beyoglu district, known for its […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/city-sightseeing-istanbul/feed/ 22 Getting Witty in Istanbul https://www.alexinwanderland.com/witt-istanbul/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=witt-istanbul https://www.alexinwanderland.com/witt-istanbul/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3374 See what I did there with that title? Set myself up for failure. Being witty on demand is harder than you might think. Go ahead. Try it. Arriving in Instabul was a shock to the senses. After a week of being pampered and catered to on our cruise, we were thrust back into the real world, […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/witt-istanbul/feed/ 20 Sprinting Through Ephesus https://www.alexinwanderland.com/sprinting-through-ephesus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sprinting-through-ephesus https://www.alexinwanderland.com/sprinting-through-ephesus/#comments Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:59:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3358 Our time in Greece was over, but that didn’t mean our cruise was. We had one more stop before disembarking in Istanbul, at the port town of Kusadasi. Our ship docking next to a behemoth one Kusadasi itself didn’t receive rave reviews- and by that I mean people refer to it as a total dump. The […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/sprinting-through-ephesus/feed/ 14 Photo of the Week 8 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-8/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photo-of-the-week-8 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/photo-of-the-week-8/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:20:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=3261 This week’s Photo of the Week is of the domed ceilings of the Süleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. I absolutely loved the mosques in Istanbul, and this was my favorite one. What beautiful detailing! I can’t wait to write about my time here.
 
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