Istanbul

Israel/Istanbul

Israel/Istanbul

Keeping it brief since it’s either a picture of food, Dan or a building (or in one case, a building called the Dan) - we finally left Tel Aviv for a day trip to Jerusalem where you guessed it, we ate and I took pictures of Dans. Not willing to go all the way through Istanbul without stopping for a meal (or three), we (I) purposely booked a 7 hour layover for snacking. Don’t you want to be my travel buddy? Whenever I go somewhere I really like I get an almost panic that I don’t know when / if I’ll get to go back and see / eat things again. Hopefully 2019 will be a year of eating new and familiar delicious snacks around the world.

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Istanbul

Istanbul

The stuff that really made Istanbul great for me was the stuff I didn't know about until I got there.  And that's on top of everything I knew that made me really really want to go there.   But the bal kaymak, the ferries, the fresh fruits, the tiny winding streets.  Those are the things that I'm still thinking about months later. 

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