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22 - 25 June: Edirne - Istanbul |
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| Selimiye mosque in Edirne, | build 1575, | of the architect Sinan | |
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| Wasserspiel in Edirne | Water refill: Our Radelelixier | Still 100 km to Istanbul | |
Hos GeldinizHardly concerned at the Turkish border post, hopst already a Turkish civil servant on our front seat and sits him sample. No comparison to strict-dissociates working Bulgarian Zöllnern. Perhaps it is because of air or the human being the tendency in Turkey is perceptibly loose and more cordially, and also we feel welcome. First stop is the large, impressing mosque in Edirne, which served as model for many mosques in the osmanischen realm. A mosque may be entered only without shoes, and Gläubige must clean for example their feet at wells. Interesting and importantly for us: Photographing humans is not according to Islamic religion permitted and also in western Turkey should one an impressive permission catch up. |
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| Mediterane landscapes | Breakfast in the old gentleman cafe | Weld-rubbing stage after Istanbul | |
The beautiful MarmaraküsteOur first larger goal in Turkey is Istanbul and we selects than the landschaftlich beautifully drawn in way along the coast of the Marmarameeres. Actually radeln we directly at the sea, however on a vierspurigen motorway, which keeps always times again 10% upward gradients ready. In Tekirdag we buy our evening bread against 18:30 clock and focus the campground removed after first information 2km. To the time the Tacho already points ca.120 km, and we look forward to the close convenient recovery seed campground. Easily production we reach then nevertheless “only” approx. 15km later a idyllischen campground which was because of the vierspurigen road, and so we enjoy then relaxed, together with our friends - which mosquitoes and ants - our abendliches meal under-paints, of the engine noise and sunset at the sea. |
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| Beach at the Marmarameer | Turkish acquaintance in Marmaraereglisi | Policemen start us the police station tents |
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Campen at the police stationOn the next day we sleep a bischen longer and make ourselves times again a relaxed day. We radeln along the coast or make break, before we arrive then at 15 o'clock at Marmaraereglisi. When I ask for an Internet cafe, runs ahead like naturally an older gentleman and shows us the way. But not to an Internet cafe, but Nescafe get we by a Turkish family in a cafe finally offered. We are pleased nevertheless about the invitation and have a nice chat. Two young Turks show us then nevertheless still another Internet cafe. Afterwards we look the soccer game Germany with them - Sweden. Mandz is invited occasionally, when you outside at the tandem is, by a policeman on a Cay, and their it is offered that we can afterwards at the police station tents. The two Turks, who their weekend here spend, whether we want to eat some more with you, ask us before, what we naturally gladly do may.When we arrive then evening at the police station, is the policeman the Mandy met unfortunately not there. Among the Turks one while is discussed, then a policeman wants to move forward to a camping site. But due to our bad experiences with Campingpl&aum; tzen and we do not drive gladly at night there reject we. The Turks continue to discuss, and you say, OK ONE, our boss equal, who is to decide. And after a while the boss of the police station really moves forward in civilian clothes under blue light, and again one discusses. I sometime throw Türkie in with a somewhat uncertain feeling “cok güzel”, which is called as many as “Turkey is very beautifully”. But all laugh, and after a while we may really develop our tent on the lawn at the police station. |
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| Start after Istanbul: Traffic on all sides |
Break with the Uludagzentrale | Atatürk airport | |
Motorway after Istanbul: “Highway ton brightly”It was drawn in as highway, but this strass direction Istanbul seemed to us rather like a motorway: Three traces per direction, from which the Turks made partially gladly also times 4 traces, LKWs, penalty and thousand cars, which often honk with friendly meant at us drove past, which went and however due to the volume nevertheless on the nerves. We made stop in the morning in a cafe, in which exclude men sat. Mandy was the only female person. The Turks said nothing, and as a tourist one enjoys in many places probably a certain fool liberty, but nevertheless we felt a little uneasy. We experience later that still before a few years a cafe attendance for women was taboo. Also today travel guide still guesses female persons and couples to visit in some cafes furnished family ranges.In the midday heat we make break at a hill on half height. More native comes from a wood shop and invites us on a coffee. The initially nice maintenance with the Turk studied some years with Frankfurt becomes somewhat more strained, than we come to speak on the Holocaust at the Armenians, which it never gave according to so its opinion. When we however later meet an Armenian, who speaks German also flowing on the same day coincidentally, has the one other opinion in addition: I come from a place in central Turkey. In former times the place had an Armenian name mainly Armenians lived there there, but the place was renamed sometime and today to live nearly only Turks there. |
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