My favorite things about Istanbul

Living in Istanbul brings its ups and downs.  It’s a massive city with traffic snarls and smog like I’ve never experienced but it also has a buzz unmatched.  I’m yet to make up my mind about it as a place to live but it’s a city everyone should visit at least once.  When the call […]

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Getting healthy in the big smoke

Sunday morning I went for a bike ride up the Bosphorus from Kurucesme towards Kelios.  It was great- the road was empty and sunrise over the Bosphorus was beautiful.  Granted I live in a beautiful part of Istanbul but the roads are always empty early mornings here, an advantage of Istanbullus staying up all night.
We […]

Filed under: health, active aging, fitness, Istanbul, Bosphorus on August 27th, 2007 | No Comments »