Iveagh gardens (29 May 2016)

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Iveagh gardens

It’s pronounced “Ivy gardens” if you are wondering.

That’s so far my favorite walled garden in Dublin.

  1. Many tourist don’t know the place.
  2. It’s quiet and serene.
  3. It’s in the city center.

I am far from complete discovering Dublin, but so far – I am impressed with this small park.

Айви гардънс

(Както би трябвало да се произнася Iveagh gardens. Ирландският не е най-лесният език за учене.)

До момента това ми е любимото паркче в Дъблин.

  1. Туристите не го знаят, защото е закътано.
  2. Тихо и спокойно.
  3. В центъра е.

Съвсем не съм приключил разглеждането на Дъблин, но до момента, от тази градинка съм наистина впечатлен.

2 days in Istanbul (30 October 2014)

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It took me some time to finally visit Constantinople or whatever remained from the once proud capitol of the East Roman Empire.

Turks are trying to conserve what is left of Byzantine architecture. With mixed success.

So, until everything is conserved or while it is still standing – I paid a visit. It was raining, but this never stops me…

Arrival.

Whatever I say - turks are excellent cooks.

Whatever you hear me say – turks are excellent cooks.

In the morning, we had breakfast and decided to visit the blue mosque and the Topkapi Palace (The High Gate palace) The mosque was still closed in the morning, so we went inside the palace. Full visit costs around 80 TRY (Less than EUR 30). Includes all places inside the palace and the Harem.

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As with most places like this – photos are forbidden, but not everywhere. In all rooms with glass cases, there is an angry guard yelling at you if you try to violate the rules, but I managed to sneak some photos while they were not watching.

Evening at Taxim square and Istiklal Cd.

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Plenty of street musicians, plenty of interesting places to visit. I couldn’t shoot everything I liked, because I was overwhelmed and too tired from the travel via bus.

So we walked all the Istiklal and returned to the hotel to get some sleep and gather strength for

Day 2 😉 Kapali carsi (Closed-roof Grand bazaar)

More than you can buy in a life time. All shops are friendly and everyone expects from you to bargain the deal. Prices are never final. Thanks to Yana (a good friend of mine) – a TRY 50 grinder became final/total of 28 TRY. Me = happy ^_^

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And apart from Istanbul architecture, we also visited the aquarium below one of the malls.

Turquazoo.

The place is awesome. Period.

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And more:

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Sorry about the smeared frames and general bad quality of the pictures inside Turquazoo.

I still have plenty to learn about photography and indoor photos without flash are not my strength.