"Exploring the other Istanbul
Adrian Mourby
18.03.10
We arrived in Istanbul late at night, transferring from the airport by boat. Traffic jams here are a nightmare these days.
We made much better speed chugging along the Bosphorus in our hotel's polished wooden launch, gazing up at the minarets of the Blue Mosque, the graceful outline of the Topkapi Palace, the sweeping Bosphorus Bridge and the sturdy 15th century Fortress of Europe. But we didn't disembark in Europe. This, after all, is the only city in the world with a foot on two continents."
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