Turkey

Chasing the winter sun

Chasing the winter sun

When the summer season is at its height, it is often hard to imagine that the long hours of sunshine and clear blue skies will soon be taken over by wet, grey and dreary days. This is the time when the sentimental part of us makes us reach for our holiday snaps to revive those [...]

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A Spring Break in Turkey

A Spring Break in Turkey

At the beginning of May, we went on a week’s holiday in Turkey, we stayed in Dalyan. We particularly chose Turkey this year, because, due to the bad exchange rate of the Euro, we thought we would get better value for money in a non-Euro destination. Turkey welcomed us with torrential rain for the first [...]

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The Grand Prix in Istanbul

The Grand Prix in Istanbul

In May 2008 I went on holiday in Turkey,  to the Grand Prix in Istanbul with my brother. We had been planning to attend a grand prix that year and since both of us have always wanted to visit Istanbul it seemed like the ideal combination. It was quite a last minute decision and once [...]

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The East meets West in Turkey

The East meets West in Turkey

But not just completely yet…  and it’s a good thing because Turkey,  one of the most popular and most visited countries outside the Eurozone, has managed to preserve a lot of its traditions, character and identity. I went at the beginning of June, and the long-lasting impressions were so strong that I literally did’t want to [...]

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