Istanbul by night

Here is what we see from our room’s window:

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Just got to Istanbul, got a hotel room, tomorrow we go to Topkapi Palace. More to come.

Fast forward

Yeah, work and not only got in the way of posting. It’s not something to be happy about but, while my blog is very important, my life is more important than that
So, what I did in the last almost 2 weeks, fast forward:
1. I visited Ankara (especially Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’ Mausoleum – Anit [...]

Turkey, Ankara: First day in Ankara, my cousin got a job

Finally, we woke up. I slept for 11 hours. I don’t think I slept that much in years. My cousin slept for 13 hours. This is not uncommon for him
First bad thing: no internet. It wasn’t working. But Yucel, one of my friends here, came to help and in 30-60 minutes, the most, [...]

Turkey, Ankara: The roadtrip from Bucharest, through Bulgaria

So, we finally got to Ankara. I drove 17 hours and 1200 km, through snow and rain.
We (me and my cousin) left Romania at 6am – after only 2 hours of sleep -, reached Bulgaria at 7am and started the trip through a country that scared me to death last time I drove there. This [...]

Around the World: List of countries I want to visit in 2008

This post is part of my Around the World series. Read more about what this series here. I haven’t been to this place, but I intend to go.
Yesterday I needed to prepare my resume (no, I am not getting a job!!!!! ) so I made a list of the countries I want to [...]

Around the World, where to go: Melk, Austria, Europe’s Oldest Library and the Melk Abbey

This post is part of my Around the World series. Read more about what this series here. I haven’t been to this place, but I intend to go.
One of my readers suggested that if I choose to go to Austria I should not forget to visit the city of Melk.

Library and Abbey
Situated about 150km [...]

Austria, Graz: Aiola Island

Since this week is about Austria, here is something I really want to see: Aiola Island. It is an artificial bridge over the river Mur near Graz, in Austria. It has tanning places and a bar and in the sunset looks marvelous. Next year you will see photos with me there

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Subway networks around the world

Yesterday I had to go to two “meetings” (I went to a Christmas Party at Sopolec and a meeting with guys from JCI to talk a bout a project later on) during the Rush Hour (those who visited Bucharest should know that during Rush Hour you will move 100 meters in 30 minutes) so I [...]

I’m Going Around the World: Austria

I felt weird these last days. I feel I am losing something important and I can’t do anything about it. And for those that don’t know, this is something that drives me mad: not being able to do something to change an outcome. Anyway, it’s probably the “silly Christmas season” and the fact that I [...]

Beautiful Romania

I love Romania. Yes, I want to go around the world. I want to visit other countries, I want to see things I didn’t… but this doesn’t change it: I love Romania. I even love Bucharest, a city I sometimes hate so much it hurts

I have found a great set of photos about [...]

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