Bodrum

After staying at Voyage Belek Golf & Spa for one week we arrived Bodrum yesterday. 

Let me tell you it was something we will never forget!!! Because there are no direct flights from Antalya to Bodrum, we had to transfer from Istanbul! I still do not get it, there are still no flights between Antalya and Bodrum. They are both very popular touristic destinations. So When I made our reservation I made sure we have enough time between the two flights! But it did go well like I planed! First flight had a 30min+ delay. When we arrived at Sabiha Gokcen Airport it took one hour for our luggages to arrive. So I ended up flying with my children living behind my husband at the airport!! By the time my husband arrived at kiosk desk, Turkish Airlines told my husband they sold his tickets to by standers!!! So he bought one more ticket to get to Bodrum. His new flight had another delay!! By the time he arrived my in-laws house it was 11pm!!!! So we spent whole day at the airport and flying between two cities that are only 45min by air!!!

Hello from Turkbuku, Bodrum:) 

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My dream...

Istanbul (historically Byzantium, or for some stubborn people out Constantinople, than Stambul, and finally Istanbul) is one of the third largest and Europe's most populous city, it is now home for 14 million people and counting...

Because of its long history, the city has a reputation for being an ethnic and a cultural melting pot. Every year millions of people visit the city to get a taste of famous Turkish cuisine, to shop at famous Grand Bazaar or get a glimpse of magnificent Bosporus, or visit one of many museums, ancient churches, towers, castles, bridges connect the two continents and much more. Not so surprising, Istanbul is the world's fifth most popular tourist destination.

Real residents (more than half of the population is migrants from Anatolia), Istanbulies, are very proud of this city and take a full ownership. Me? I grow-up in little town called, Karamursel and always dreamed of living in Istanbul. When I was studying my Bachelors in Izmir, I found myself in Istanbul every other month (thanks to my best friend, Senem, whom always made plans for us). I was amazed by this ancient city, shops, little streets, Bosporus, fancy restaurants and night clubs, its multicultural residents, and of course museums. And after all those years, one day my dream became real. Unfortunately my dream was a short one, but are not all the dreams like that? I know somewhere in the future our path will cross again with Istanbul, and I will continue my dream where I left...