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In the post "Food for Healthy Life and Strong Immune System", I wrote about my dietary habits: what I eat and what I avoid, in order to keep in good health. I easily adhere to my diet when I'm at home and in control of food that I buy, prepare and cook. But, is healthy nutrition possible when we travel? Well, let's have a look at what I did during my past travels. Back then, I didn't really pay much ...
In this post, I want to reflect on my travel around Turkey last year. I was there for 5 weeks and I visited 8 different cities - Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, Kusadasi, Aydin, Antalya, Konya and Ankara. I spent two weeks in two of Turkey's most popular summer resorts. Additionally, I explored Ottoman and Seljuk heritage and saw many wonderful historical sites that I've written about in my previous posts. I ...
Is Turkish food healthy? Perhaps, the right question to ask and answer in this post should be whether the food that I had in Turkey was healthy and whether I made healthy choices. Truthfully, the same as everywhere else, it's not really the food in a particular country that's good or bad. It's what we choose to eat that's either good for us or not.
But first, let's once again have a look at my ...
While Ankara is not as rich in history and historical monuments like Istanbul, there are several sites that you can visit there. Undoubtedly, one of them is the monumental Ataturk Mausoleum, dedicated to the Father of the Nation. Within the mausoleum, the Ataturk and the War on Independence Museum is the best place to learn about the creation of the modern Turkish Republic. But, another fascinating place ...
Anitkabir or the Ataturk Mausoleum, dedicated to the Father of the Nation - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk - is probably the most important place in Ankara. Within the mausoleum complex, apart from the Ataturk's tomb, the Ataturk Museum is what everyone should visit.
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
I don't want to get into too many details about Ataturk. There is already a lot ...
MUSTAFA KEMAL ATATURK
I don't want to get into too many details about Ataturk. There is already a lot ...
Of all places that I visited in Turkey, I could've perhaps skipped Ankara. Although within the context of my travel, it made sense to stop there. I was in Konya and I wanted to go back to Istanbul. One way to travel from Konya to Istanbul is by bus, via Ankara, and that's what I did.
But, let me explain my earlier comment. Ankara is not a tourist destination, the way Istanbul is. It came to prominence ...
In my previous posts, I wrote about the Seljuk heritage in Konya and also about the fascinating Mevlana Museum. But, there is also Ottoman Konya to consider, in addition to its history before it became an important Ottoman city.
In fact, it was really the only thing that I knew about Konya when I decided to go there, during my travel across Turkey last year.
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There exist special places in the world, but it could be that we don't know anything about them. In my case, Mevlana Museum was one of them. When I included Konya in my travel itinerary, I only knew that it was an important Ottoman city. Thus, it made sense for me to go there because one of the reasons for my travel across Turkey was to explore Ottoman heritage. I remember reading about Konya while I was on ...
Earlier this year, when I was making plans for my travel in Turkey, I included Konya because I knew that it was an important Ottoman city. But, I certainly didn't know that there would be one additional aspect to consider - I am referring to Seljuk Konya.
I read about Konya on the beach in Antalya, because I wanted to find out more about the place that I was going to visit. That's when I discovered its ...
After a week in Antalya, it was time for me to move to Konya, the next destination during my travel across Turkey. I was a bit sad to leave Antalya because I enjoyed my time on the beach there. The inland places that I was going to visit during the next leg of my journey had neither a beach, nor a swimming pool, where I could cool down during the hot summer days.
But that didn't bother me too much ...