Sunday, October 26, 2008 – the Old City (again!) [Istanbul, Turkey]

Last night the time feel back one hour and I woke up to the sound of rain outside my hostel window. I looked at the clock and it was about 7:30am (the new time) so I thought I would continue to sleep a bit more since there was no rush to go out in weather [...]

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 – one more day in Istanbul [Turkey]

I had my alarm set for 2:30am but as usual woke up before it had a chance to go off. I was out of bed by 2:15am getting ready for my departure from my host family’s house at 3am. My host father was gracious enough to get up at that time as well and take [...]