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My Christmas turned out to be really great. It was everything Christmas is supposed to be, lots of food, friends, and more food! I pretty much ate great food non-stop for 3 days, and not that I am complaining one bit, I enjoyed every minute of it. My Bulgarian friends surprised me with a wonderful gift in the form of a Bulgarian track suit.
For New Years a close friend of mine and I took a trip down to the wonderful city of Istanbul. I remember being a kid in school and seeing pictures of Istanbul and thinking 'I want to go there,' not only because of it's great history but because of how magical and beautiful it looked in all the pictures. From the Blue Mosque to the Grand Bazaar, from Wednesday to Tuesday, and from 2011 to 2012 Istanbul was every bit as magical and wonderful as I ever imagined, it was as romantic as Paris while being as vibrant as New York. In short everybody needs to visit this place at least once in their life to really understand what it is like standing between Asia and Europe with your head in the clouds. Maybe it is because I just got back from there but I am in love with this place and can't wait to go back.
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| The Grand Bazaar, Istanbul |
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| The Spice Bazaar, Istanbul |
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| The New Mosque, Istanbul |
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| The Blue Mosque, Istanbul |
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| The Blue Mosque |
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Basilica Sistern
My friend Raf and I in Ottoman Empire garb |
