Early morning bus to Düsseldorf, by plane to Istanbul airport and by bus to Erbil hotel in the ancient city center.
travelling means waiting
landed in rainy Istanbul
everybody in the blue T-shirts
October 16, sailing and soccer
Forced to be be quiet today: boat trip over the Bosphorus. Thea visits a soccer game of Besiktas, Jan his bed.
coffee
Ortaköy mosk at the Bosphorus bridge
burn it down and start something new
End station of the de Orient Expres: Paris-Istanbul
former workhorse
ticket for soccer and very loud supporters
By bus to the Asian part of the city near the Bosphorus bridge and waiting till the start. On the bridge, 70 m above waterlevel, walking families on the track.... No km-sign, no public and the track goes up and steep down. We cross Taksim square and after 9 km the Galata bridge. For 3 km along waterside but then a long climb through the parc of the Topkapi palace and the last 400 m steeply climbing to the finish near the Hagia Sofia mosk.
When all our marathonrunners are finished too, the rewarding drinks starts.
At last to become a very smooth face to the 'Kuaför'.
view from the breakfast room at 06:00 PM
running is waiting too
our runners and walkers all together
sunday-morning-walk on the race track, why not?
still 400 meter uphill
finish
our supporters
reward
afraid?
October 18, in town
We take a walk in the city to post office, a mosk, the Galata bridge take a city trip by doubledecker.
classic post office
Yeni Valide mosk
Süleymaniye mosk
Galata bridge
Egyptian bazar
start bustour at Hagia Sofia mosk
Taksim square
beginning of the city wall at Ivar Elendi mosk
Hagia Sofia mosk
Sultan Ahmet mosk
October 19, mosks and a palace
Guided tour to the Sultan Ahmet and Hagia Sofia mosks. After lunch to the Dolmabahçe palace, where taking pictures is forbidden.
entrance of the Sultan Ahmet mosk
Hafia Sofia seen from Sultan Ahmet mosk
hugh buttresses
high level service
Dolmabahçe palace
October 20, back to Geldrop
