travel: istanbul
Istambul - it is always noise, vibrant colors, scents, the taste of çiğ köfte, salty pistachios, honey-sweet milk chocolate, and rich, tangy black coffee. I first visited Istanbul when I was sixteen. I flew in convinced I probably wouldn’t like it. And I was incredibly wrong. It’s one of the “Eternal Towers” — Paris, Rome, Vienna, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Berlin...