Istanbul Turkey November 2004

It's like heaven arriving the St. Sophia museum, like it must have been in the Byzantium and Ottoman periods as a Church and Mosque.

 

Vikings went east and has also been to Miklagard (The Great city).  It was very strange for a Norwegian to see the Viking "Runic" grafiti in stone .  The Heathens meet the Christianity of the Roman empire.

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turizm.net about Istanbul

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lonely planet

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Viking.no, wikipedia.org

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goturkey.kulturturizm.gov.tr

Bosphorus:

 

Street in old part of town:

 

Blue mosque:

 

Istanbul at night:

 

 

 

  The airport is super modern and the shopping there is very good too!  The airport als has wirelss internet zones.

  There is no problem spending 2 hours before your plane leaves and all prices at the airport are in Euro.

bulletorsep hotel nice hotel in the centre
bullet ataturka airport
bullet Turkish Embassy