Angelique´s Latest Trips
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by Angelique Mawson – December 2008
Well
it’s coming up Christmas time here in
Trip to Pamukkale
Everybody who has the time should definitely take a weekend or few days to
check out Pamukkale, its just a short bus trip (well ok about 8 hours or so)
from Ankara, take any major bus company to Denizli for around 35 YTL then
find a local dolmus to take you to Pamukkale for a few YTL and just name your
hotel and they will drop you at the door. We stayed at the Treehouse
Hostel and it was great value for money, excellent home cooked food, clean
rooms and also two swimming pools.
Pamukkale itself is a village like
town, very touristy but still quaint and pleasant at the same time, the
travertines are breathtaking and the fact that you can climb up them and walk
on them is amazing in itself. At night from the bottom they are well lit
up and look like cascading snow. We walked up the travertines at about
At
the top of the travertines is the ancient city of
Took a short trip to
All the islands are nice places in he summer to hang out, drink
coffee/tea or have a nice lunch or dinner away from the hustle of the
city. And yes while you relax you can view all the little ants (people)
in
Cheap
day out in Istanbul, maybe maximum 40 YTL you can view all of Sultanhamet
attractions, tram and ferry rides, lunch on the Princes Islands and return
tired but relaxed after a great day out.
Now on to Christmas in Turkey
We are having a traditional Christmas dinner and will share with my Turkish
boyfriend, a few of our turkish friends and a few other strays hanging out here
in Ankara including a Canadian, Latvian/American, and Estonian and maybe even
an Australian. So it will be mix of traditions but we hope to get a few
basics right, being the
Already we have managed to find christmas decorations in the shops which was
nice, crafted a few candles out of some floating candles and glitter glue -
very nice. Downloaded the Christmas music and some great of hits of the
70s, 80s and 90s to set the mood for a great day we hope, photos to come later.
However I would like to know where I can find a Christmas Mass to attend on Christmas
Eve as can’t seem to find any information on google at this point, maybe
someone out there can help. But if not all you ex-pats have a great
Christmas and New Years we plan to head to
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