Friday, December 11, 2009

"Modern Istanbul"

You will see, the following pics look like they were taken from...

Paris ...

Venise...

But, no. They were taken from Beyoglu, what's called the vitrine of modern Turkey.
To be honest, we were a little bit disappointed by the place. Everybody told us Istiklal caddesi (street) was nice and full of activities. But at daytime and with 3 young kids... nothing special. We have to say that this special atmosphere was due to the holidays (bayram) and Istanbul was not itself.

Some streets are really nice like the fishery passage.

But the most interesting moment for the kids was when we were in the tramway...


The restaurants were also wonderful. It was so good to see these appealing places and we could imagine that this neighbourhood comes to life at night (not for us with our 3 kids:-)
For once and for a change, we enjoyed something very different from the usual turkish food.


But, be sure, we did enjoy a good meal...

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2 comments:

  1. bravo pour les photos et les explications
    c'est quand même vraiment beau
    papa

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  2. Hello Lefeuvre Family from Mrs. Mulay! I can see that you are doing some traveling (beautiful pictures!) and that ALL of you are growing! Wow! Paul, you lost a tooth! Maybe another one by now...
    Sabine, you look great! When is the new baby due? Too bad you aren't in Tucson. Both Bautiste and the new baby could come to my preschool. I read thru your blog to catch up! I really miss you all!
    Happy Holiday! email me at: sadieluck@msn.com that is my home email. I would love to hear from you!

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