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Sunday, July 10, 2005

IOL: Istanbul has a unique sense of history...

"Istanbul has a unique sense of history...
Carol Lazar
July 10 2005 at 03:12PM

I have this thing about taking public transport when I visit a strange city, so in a moment of madness I climbed aboard a tram in Istanbul. Madness, because I couldn't speak the language and couldn't read the signs.

Odd? Not really. Just another part of the somewhat surreal travel adventure in which I found myself participating.

The woman beside me smiled and pointed as we passed the ancient walls of Topkapi Palace. "

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