Ready to head to Istanbul? The good news is, Istanbul has more means of public transport than most other cities. The buses and metro are nothing out of the ordinary. But hey, here, there is a combination of the two – metrobus, in addition to funiculars, ferries, cable cars and Marmaray – a train line…
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Pişmaniye in the making
Pişmaniye is the Turkish equivalent of cotton candy and is made of flour and sugar. Here, a group of men demonstrate the traditional way of making pişmaniye at a market near Sirkeci train station.
Read MoreLost in translation – Turkish greetings
Last year, I visited a dear friend, who happens to be Turkish, in Aachen, Germany. He shared what I thought was an interesting observation. The Turkish phrase Kolay gelsin!, which can be roughly translated as May it come easy! did not have a German equivalent. He’d spent hours on the Internet, looking for one; to…
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Purple Travel Path 