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01.07.2002
Home Exchanges with Intervac
Doing a Home-Exchange, does this mean anything to you? The system is rather simple: you exchange your apartment / your house with someone else during your vacation: you live at this person’s place and your exchange partner comes to stay at your place in the meantime. There are many advantages in doing this: (1) You pay nothing for accommodation during your vacation and enjoy a nice apartment or a beautiful, comfortable house. (2) You do not have to eat out three times a day, and usually you exchange cars. How does it...[more] Category: France, Turkey, Canada, United States, Poland
12.06.2009
Atashehir - West meets west
Most tourists in Istanbul remain on the European side and unfortunately miss discovering “boom town” modern Istanbul with its trendy neighbourhoods, chic bars & restaurants. Atashehir, among many other neighbourhoods on the Asian side, is one of the most dynamic areas in Istanbul, and the place to live when you make some serious money. Though, the very rich Istanbulites probably own one of incredibly picturesque dwellings perched on the shores of the Bosporus. Those come in all sizes, huge mansions to what looks like semi-attached...[more] Category: Turkey
13.06.2009
Instanbul Traffic
The city has a traffic problem, period. No surprise, when a population of 15 million people commutes between different continents. To make things worse, it is separated by an inlet, the Golden Horn, spanned only by four bridges. The word traffic jams takes on a completely different meaning once you end up on one of the roads leading to the two bridges connecting Asia and Europe. Not only does the highway narrow down, but all cars need to pass a toll station. Even tough the fee is deducted automatically, traffic slows down to a stand...[more] Category: Turkey
14.06.2009
A city full of historic highlights
Istanbul definitely deserves more time than just an extended weekend. Of course, the Blue Mosque (Sultanamet Camii), the Aya Sofya (Church of Divine Wisdom), the Topkapi Palace and the Grand Bazaar are high on anybody’s list. These impressive sights could easily be visited in a few days, but there is much more to explore. A must-do is the ferry ride along the Bosphorus waterway, which is twisting 30km north to the Black Sea. It represents more than anything this city’s unique character, where two continents unite, east & west, by...[more] Category: Turkey
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