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Reloadedinfinite

Hello Expats!

We're again back on a fantastic city walking tour as planned!!The walk this time is going to be as follows:

We are going to Princes Island(Big Island)or in Turkish it's called as Buyuk Ada.

Bring your own food for lunch & drinks if you need. But don't forget your water bottle.

We will be meeting on Sunday the 4th march at Kabataş ferry port at 10.15 to catch a ferry at 10.30. So please don't be late otherwise you will miss the ferry.

We will be catching a big boat which is called VAPUR in Turkish.

This boat will reach Kadikoy ferry port at 10.50. So surfers coming from Kadikoy should meet in front of ferry port at 10.30.

Finally we will reach Buyuk Ada at aprox 12.05.

Only 20 minutes you have here to buy something from the market.

By 12.30 we will start walking through the streets,passing through some great old historical building & churches.
We will stop over for a lunch there for some time, what you bring we all will share.

After lunch We will start walking again toward the old town & start coming down while passing through the streets which you would have never been before.

If you're in for this remarkable walking tour please do not hesitate to join!...


Neco - 0532 2617 544

Sethi - 0534 815 7896

Kerem - 0530 553 7770 (Kadikoy side)

Reloadedinfinite

So friends see you tomm. The weather will be perfect for tomm walk.

Wow it's sunny finallyyyyyyyy.

People coming to kabatas ferry port, meeting time 10.15 am. Right infront of ticket counter. I will be carrying a white flag.

People coming from kadikoy contact kerem. meeting point 10.30 in front of "KADIKÖY ADALAR İSKELESİ"

Don't be late.

Reloadedinfinite

Buyukada is the biggest island of Istanbul..And also named as Big island, It is a summer escape, it is colorful and it is peaceful...

When you reach to Buyukada by the ferry, you will be surprised with the silence of the island and the colorful houses.. Buyukada has many many nice houses.. While you are touring in the island, you will have hard time to choose the best looking one.. Each road you pass you will spot another and better one..

1)I dont know what makes Buyukada so beatiful.. is that the harmony of flowers or the harmony of houses with the flowers..Or the wonderful landscape..
2)Büyükada consists of two peaks. The one nearest to the iskele (ferry landing), İsa Tepesi (meaning Jesus Hill in Turkish), formerly Hristos, the Greek name for Jesus
Christ), is topped by the former Greek Orphanage, a huge wooden building now in decay. In the valley between the two hills sit the church and monastery of Ayios Nikolaos and a former fairground called Luna Park.

The Aya Yorgi Church at the top of the hill is of particular importance for both Christians and Muslims. No one knows whether it is actually true or just a myth, but they say that if you unravel a roll of thread as you walk to the church on top of the hill, your wish will come true:))
3)The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate reclaimed the 19th-century orphanage on Büyükada, the largest of the Prince’s Islands at Marmara Sea, on Monday after it was granted back to the community by the European Court of Human Rights.

nedguy

for which day is that again Asethi ?

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