New Year’s Celebration In Istanbul

Hello, everyone! I am Dina. I live in Moscow but the day I wanna show was spent in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the last day of 2012. I was there with my friend Marina.


I open my eyes..

Local time is 9 a.m.

We came late at night so we see the mess in the morning.

However we filled the bar when we came )

It’s time to have breakfast…

It’s where we are going to eat – in the garden!

This is Marina’s breakfast. I didn’t risk to show mine, a good girl should not eat so much sweets, jam and rolls))

There are so many cats in this city!

But nobody tries to hurt them.

After breakfast we drink tea outside.

Local newspaper.

They were preparing for New Year, too.

Such elephant brings luck.


The bar is empty despite the holiday )

It’s time to dress and go for a walk.

I take my cats travellers with me.

Marina is still at the mirror.

And this is me.

We leave.

Right at the entrance we are called to different places with New Year’s programs.

This must be holiday treats.

But we are going down to the sea. I take s hot of the local train.

Guys, we didn’t want to steal your Istanbul bench!

Another kitty on our way.

We take some shots at the embankment.


We want to visit some interesting places today, too. Hagia Sophia goes first.

We buy some chestnuts.


Tasty fresh juice is sold here too.

It’s the Blue Mosque.

They are calling you to pray..

Turkish sweets are awesome!


Our friend from Istanbul desided to join us. He promised to take us to the place where we can buy “cool stuff cheaply and of high quality. The way was promised to take 50 minutes”. It turned out to be much further! The first means of transport we used was a tram.

Turnstiles do not allow to enter.

The tram was followed by a ferry.

This is our friend.

We are waiting for a ferry.



The ferry is finally mooring.

Oh yeah, the next step for cheap things of high quality is subway…

Meanwhile, it is already…

That guy does not like me taking photos in the subway.


I like the ceiling in their subway!

The flooring is cool, too.

We spent twenty minutes in the subway and then went afoot.

We are already tired but still dream about good shopping.

It was the exact copy of the Moscow “Mega” shopping centre! We were disappointed so much!

7 o’clock (local time).

We look around sadly and come to the cafeterium where we drink carrot juice…

We are going home in the same route and buy chestnuts again. They are so delicious!

It’s almost ten! While in Moscow it’s almost 12! We want to celebrate New Year! It makes us nervous.

Taxi becomes the fourth means of transportation today.

Home, sweet home!

Hurray! We managed to come on time!

Champagne in glasses and flowers given by our friend.

And the food brought from Moscow especially for New Year’s celebration.
We were too tired to search for more anventures that day.



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