The day started with me shortening my stay in Turkey. Not that it's not an interesting place, but I this trip is not about museums.. So off I went to Turkish airlines and for only 50 USD I got to cut one day from my stay here.
Next I went to Dolmabace palace, which was built in the mid 19th century. The palace stretches 600 meters and is enormous. It has 285 rooms and among other things has a 4.5 ton chandelir with 664 lights. I suppose the palace serves to show how human ego is truly limitless. At the palace there were guards that stood motionless in the blazing sun with full uniforms. They stay like that for an entire hour. It seemed to me that it is some sort of torture.
After the palace I walked to the bridge that connects Europe and Asia and is supposedly the fifth longest in the world and the second in Europe. The walk turned out to be far longer than I had thought. Then I had some excitement. I got a taxi to take me over the bridge (one is not allowed to walk over it since someone jumped off of it). As we got to the beginning; a large traffic jam exposed itself and I got off right there. As I was walking away I hit a pole and tore my new Bilabong shorts :( But within less than 10 minutes I found a shop where I could fix them (only 2.25 USD).
Got on another cab and then the tram and I finally made it back to the old part of the city where I'm staying.
Next I went to Dolmabace palace, which was built in the mid 19th century. The palace stretches 600 meters and is enormous. It has 285 rooms and among other things has a 4.5 ton chandelir with 664 lights. I suppose the palace serves to show how human ego is truly limitless. At the palace there were guards that stood motionless in the blazing sun with full uniforms. They stay like that for an entire hour. It seemed to me that it is some sort of torture.
After the palace I walked to the bridge that connects Europe and Asia and is supposedly the fifth longest in the world and the second in Europe. The walk turned out to be far longer than I had thought. Then I had some excitement. I got a taxi to take me over the bridge (one is not allowed to walk over it since someone jumped off of it). As we got to the beginning; a large traffic jam exposed itself and I got off right there. As I was walking away I hit a pole and tore my new Bilabong shorts :( But within less than 10 minutes I found a shop where I could fix them (only 2.25 USD).
Got on another cab and then the tram and I finally made it back to the old part of the city where I'm staying.
One last thing about the Turkish money. I have just noticed it today - it seems that like in Thailand all notes have the same face (in Thailand it's Mr. King and here I suppose it must be Ataturk - the dude who formed the republic) - how very convenient...
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