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Day 1 in Egypt: Arrival in Luxor & Overnight at Winter Palace
After a month and a half in Turkey, we fly to Egypt where we spend 12 days of vacations. Pure vacations, no work, no call, no checking our emails. Nada! To have our complete itinerary day by day, I invite you to consult our itinerary here. Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary How to get there If the organization of Istanbul International Airport is a disaster (they have difficulties to manage the large number of tourists), everything went well afterwards. We have to do Istanbul – Cairo then Cairo – Luxor by plane. The arrival in Cairo was very smooth. For info, we go…
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Digital Nomad in Istanbul (Turkey): Where to find an Apartment, Airbnb, Tips & Practical Travel Guide
Since we are digital nomads, Istanbul is the 3rd city where we have a lot of trouble finding a decent apartment (with Seoul and Osaka). The apartments we see on Airbnb are either too crowded, too dark, or too expensive and badly located. So we are going to write you here a small guide for digital nomads like us Istanbul Plan Istanbul is really huge, so I’ll just introduce you to the central part, what interests you the most in Istanbul Many tourists cross a bridge (Galata for the most part) and exclaim: I am in Asia! when it isn’t true. It isn’t because you cross a bridge that it…
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Turkey Travel Guide: 9 days 8 nights backpacking – Istanbul, Ephesus, Pamukkale and Cappadocia
We just spent a month in Istanbul (detailed guide here for digital nomads) with 2 long weekends in Cappadocia, Ephesus and Pamukkale.We are aware that a month is a very long period and most holidaymakers only spend one long weekend in Istanbul, or 10 days in Turkey. Therefore, we have prepared this itinerary for you. The links available in the article refer to the corresponding travel diaries. Have a nice trip! Day 1 : Arrival in Istanbul Airport Taxi => Downtown (about 60TL) Purchase of a transport pass: Istanbulkart at 6TL (+ 24 TL recharge recommended) Visit from Saint Sophia (40TL/person) (2h on site) Visit of the Basilica Tank (20TL/person)…
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Istanbul (Turkey) #7: Süleymaniye Mosque, Topkapi Palace & Shopping
After the rather disappointing visit of the Blue Mosque (half of which is under construction), we visit the Süleymaniye Mosque, which many tourists consider more beautiful than the Blue Mosque (well, only when it is under construction). Turkish BrunchBut before that, you have to have breakfast first. JB takes me to the Lebanese restaurant he likes a lot: Arada Café. This one is on the way to his gym and it’s not uncommon for him to take something to eat there while I cook for myself at home (diet obliges). For 49TL/person, we are entitled to all that, and obviously, we couldn’t finish everything. Süleymaniye MosqueFull belly, we leave to…
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Istanbul (Turkey) #6: Kuzguncuk, Uskudar – discovery of the Asian Shore
Today, we have an appointment with Kévin, an SEO colleague who knows Istanbul by heart. His Airbnb is on the Asian side, so we meet there to spend the evening together. Before crossing the beautiful bridge that separates Europe from Asia, we first stop at the mosque that we spotted from far from the restaurant with a panoramic view. Ortaköy MosqueThis is the mosque of Ortaköy. The locals seem to enjoy the scenery as much as we do, as many people sit here, chill out, enjoy the street food and the presence of the street cats. The interior is quite small, there is a nice ceiling height and numerous chandeliers.…
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Stuffed Mussels in Turkey: a Killing!
Impossible to miss when you walk around Istanbul: the sellers of stuffed mussels (midye dolma in Turkish).They are often proposed by street vendors, but also in the bouis-bouis where they are available and already laid out on your table. Even if I’m a big fan of discovering street food everywhere I go, at first, it was niet! Too afraid to get sick eating not fresh seafood.It was when I saw someone tasting them that I realized that these mussels were stuffed. At that moment, I decided to test it.And… it was a revelation, these stuffed mussels, which are eaten cold, are a killer! An explosion of flavor in the mouth.…
