Please note: My page has moved to http://www.travelaroundwithkris.com - so follow me there as there will only be reposts on this site randomly throughout the month. New articles are being posted at the new site - with ino on Germany, Portugal and Spain added most recently. Time slows and nearly stops in a hammam (hamam …
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Please note: My page has moved to http://www.travelaroundwithkris.com - so follow me there as there will only be reposts on this site randomly throughout the month. New articles are being posted at the new site - with ino on Germany, Portugal and Spain added most recently. Soaring over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon is …
This is the cat that "guarded" my hotel in Istanbul. He was there each night and didn't mind people coming or going. People walked around him even though he decided to camp out right on the entry carpet. He is one of many such cats in Istanbul. The street cats are often very friendly …
Carpets unfurled in Istanbul, Turkey This is what it looks like towards the end of a carpet demonstration in Istanbul. It's nearly exactly like the board game named Marrakesh - where you lay your color carpets on the game board, stacking them on top of one another until the board is many layers deep in …
Time slows and nearly stops in a hammam (hamam or Turkish Bath), while you sit in your sweat, with only a small thin piece of fabric to cover yourself. How long have I been lying here, you ask? My first hammam experience was at a large hammam in Istanbul. There are many wonderful hammams there …
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Cats are everywhere in Istanbul This is the cat that "guarded" my hotel in Istanbul. He was there each night, and didn't mind people coming or going. People walked around him even though he decided to camp out right on the entry carpet. There are many such cats in Istanbul. The cats are often friendly …
Soaring over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon is a memorable experience. To do it, you get up extremely early in the morning, so early that many people just stayed up so that they wouldn't chance missing it. You are driven out to the location where the balloons take off and they start unrolling and …
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