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European Ecstasy Having now travelled through Europe I thought it fitting to write a small list linking to the articles of the places we've been to (and a few bonus extras!) Gloucester and Durdle Door, United Kingdom Durdle Door on the Devon Coastline Split, Croatia Bell Tower at Diocletian's Palace Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mostar and the surrounding Herzegovina The Dervish House at Blagaj, Herzegovina Dubrovnik, Croatia Dubrovnik's Old City Harbour at Dusk Montenegro, Podgorica and Kotor St John's Fortress, Kotor Church of the Ressurection, Podgorica Kosovo, Peje and Prizren Mountain Views in Peje Old Bridge and Sinan Pasha Mosque, Prizren Skopje, Macedonia St Clement of Ohrid Church, Skopje Istanbul, Turkey Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Extras! I had an article published about our time in the Balkans (so all apart from Istanbul, have a read here, see what we did and maybe you can have a...

Istanbul, first footsteps in Asia View of the Blue Mosque from the Hagia Sophia We left Macedonia fairly early on Thursday morning. Our second plane of our trip was awaiting and we were up early to catch it. After downing our final espresso in Macedonia we walked to the centre to catch the airport bus. It was a little odd to be leaving Macedonia as we had grown quite fond of it, but we were ready to leave for the sunny sights of busy Istanbul. The Domed Roof of the Hagia Sophia Istanbul is a very odd and interesting city, our plane landed at Sabiha Gokcen airport which is located on the Asian side of Istanbul (the part located to the east of the Bosphorus Strait, the bit of water separating Istanbul). We had decided however to stay in Sultanahmet as it was close to the sights that we wanted to see and our time in Istanbul was short. We got the bus quite easily which dropped us near to the ferry which took us towards the side of Istanbul that we needed. The boat crossing wa...