Athens, Greece, Europe Today was a busy day, but a really good day. I’m glad I decided to spend another day in Athens. This city is nicer than I remember it being. This morning was a bit of a rough start at Zeus Hostel. It was really cold last night and there was no heat in the room, so it was pretty uncomfortable to sleep in. I got up at 7:30am to get a sharp start to the day and…
Athens, Greece, Europe I’ve been on the road for about a month now, but today feels like the beginning of a whole new trip. Before I left Edinburgh I had the first few weeks of my trip planned out. Except for a few changes, I stuck to the plan as I had already booked almost everything (flights, accommodation, etc). As of today, the next travel plan I have booked is my flight from Madrid to Havana on 15 July. Until…
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe I really enjoyed my last day in Istanbul. It was pretty relaxing, but nice. I got up and had breakfast with George again at the hostel and then packed up my things. The guy from yesterday was sleeping late again, but today I was having none of it and just turned the light on when I started to get packed up. It was 10am after all, so I don’t think I was being too douche by turning…
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe Today was a nice chill day in Istanbul. I got up this morning at about 8am and had breakfast in the hostel. It was just a simple breakfast. Cereal, hard boiled eggs, bread, Nutella, and cucumbers. I sat with George, the American guy in my dorm, and chatted for a while. He’s in his 50’s and has been travelling around the world for almost two years. It was cool to hear about the places he’s been and…
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe Today was another travel day. Unfortunately I didn’t get to do much today, but it was pretty relaxing anyway. I checked out of my hotel at 11am and got my shuttle to the airport in Kayseri. The plane took off on time and I was in Istanbul by 3:30pm. Unfortunately, my last hostel was full, so I had to find another one. There was one right across the street so I’m staying here for the next two…
Goreme, Turkey, Europe I took a hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia today and it was incredible! It started with a ridiculous 4:20am wakeup call, but it all ended up being worth it. I was picked up at my hotel at 4:45am and I was the first one in the van. We went to a few other places to make some pick-ups. The first people we picked up were two Colombian sisters who are travelling together. They were lovely. They…
Goreme, Turkey, Europe I got to see Cappadocia today and it was brilliant! The day started out with a pretty good breakfast at the hotel on the terrace overlooking the village of Goreme. My tour guide picked me up at 9:30am with three Chinese girls from my hotel too. We got on the bus to find out the rest of our tour group consisted of four more Chinese people, and two Koreans. That is a pretty good representation of what…
Goreme, Turkey, Europe I got up today to see it was yet again raining in Istanbul. Apparently this city just doesn’t want me to see it in all its glory. No bother, I had to get packed up and get myself to the airport anyway. I caught a couple of trams and made it to Ataturk airport with plenty of time to spare. My flight to Kayseri went as scheduled and I sat next to a really nice girl on…
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe Istanbul. Is. Awesome!!! I’d been here four years ago and wasn’t crazy about this city, but I think it was more to do with the circumstances than anything else. It was cold and rainy when I was here and never really found any other tourists around to talk to. It was a pretty quiet five days and I wasn’t exactly itching to come back. Now I wish I had more time to spend here. I started out…
Istanbul, Turkey, Europe Today was pretty much a complete travel day. I left the hostel in Amman at 7:15am in my taxi. I was happy to see the driver was at the hostel and ready to go at 7am, so I didn’t have to wait around for him. It was about 35 minutes to get to the airport, which was a lot quicker than I had expected, so I was really early. It’s probably a good thing though because there…