{"id":1156,"date":"2019-05-12T11:21:44","date_gmt":"2019-05-12T09:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoveringtheworld.de\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T10:13:04","slug":"isanbul-the-gateway-to-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rtw-trip.com\/isanbul-the-gateway-to-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul – the gateway to Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Turkey part of our journey starts with Istanbul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The city is above all “big”. 20 million inhabitants and everyone seems to drive a car and honk the horn all the time. The fact that we are located near the Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar makes this situation even worse. After the tranquil Odessa we feel slightly stressed. We walk through the city and almost forget that we are only visitors besides the Asian tourist groups. And who can blame us all: Istanbul is absolutely worth seeing. The Hagia Sophia is beautiful. The baklava is delicious and tastes like more. But it only became really beautiful when we got to know the un-touristic places with Ilke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n