Once upon a time in ... Turkey, 3 - Istanbul, Gulhane Park

Arini sunday ... 
long wiken this week.
Ramai yg sambung cuti sempena Labor Day.
tapi, i x cuti la 
baru lagi cuti ... kena simpan cuti tuk ujung tawon lak

ok, jom sambung lagi ...

08/04/2014

Our second morning in Istanbul.

Pagi tu bangun awal, kemas beg

Sebab nak check-out

Malam kang nak nek bas to Cappadocia

My review of this hotel ...
>> It was okay, interior cantik, 
>> Breakfast buffet dia, compared to all the hotels that we stayed in Turkey ni ... was the best     kut.
>> very near to the main attractions ... Aya Sofia, Topkapi ...
>> cuma the people kat reception tu aje... kureng sket peramah. They speak english. 
    Tapi, x berapa peramah. i tengok klu mat saleh tu tanya ... bukan main lagi dia layan ... 
    maybe ade double standard towards asians kut ... 
>> that my own opinion jer.
>> would i recommend to others ?? Yes kut. only becoz of the location.

“So, today, mana lak?” said mr papa

Kite gi Gulhane Park dulu ...

“Ader aper kat ctuu?”

Sampai sana, u tengok ek

So, layannnn

Masuk ajer... u'll be greeted with these blue seabed of flowers ....

Gülhane Park was once part of the outer garden of Topkapi Palace. A section of the outer garden was planned as a park by the municipality and opened to the public in 1912. The park previously contained recreation areas, coffee houses, playgrounds etc. Later, a small zoo was opened within the park. The first statue of Atarturk in Turkey was erected in the park in 1926, sculpted by Heinrich Rrippel.

The park underwent a major renovation in recent years; the removal of the zoo, fun fair and picnic grounds affecting an increase in open space. With concrete structures removed the park regained the natural landscape of the 1950s, revealing trees dating from the 1800s.
Source :Wikipedia

The park was sooooo cantek dengan angin yang sepoi sepoi bahase ...
Waaah ... so nyaman.
Orang pun x ramai sangat,  it was on close to 10am.
so, we have the park to ourselves. Oh yess, the entrance is freeee
Warning ...
this entry is full of flowerrs hokay ... 

cantik kaan ...
i think i can just sit here all day .... 

Kenal x pakcik ni ... Orang yang bertanggungjawab men-sekularkan Turki. Google sendiri yer klu nak taw more on him.

The park's Goths Column dating from the Roman times, commemorates a Roman victory over the Goths. The Goths were an East Germans people, two of whose branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence ot Medieval Europe. Nak taw lebih, bace kat Wikipedia. ai bace sam[ai naik pening ... @#$%??

Lama jugak kat dalam park ni

Sebab kalu boleh nak absord all the tulips dalam kepala hotak ni ...

Sukaaa sanggaaaaaaaaat tengok the tulips

Maklumla, x pernah tengok... Kat mesia, mana ade

Lepas ni entah ader rezeki lagi x tuk tengok tulips ...

InsyaAllah ader .... kat tept laen kut.

InsyaAllah ... Amiiiiiin.

Kat ujung park ni, ade open cafe
So we had lunch here
sambil layan view of the Bosphorus 

Kofte Sandwich .... Sedap!!! Meat dia lembut sangaat.

Mr paPa nak muntah da ... "jomla gi tempat laen lak" hehehe .... 

Bunga lalang yang tumbuh merata jer ...  pun canteek!!

ni pun tumbuh merata gak .... Cantek jer

Okay ... enuff for today.