Istanbul Aku Datang

Assalamualaikum and Hi!

Apa khabar? Hihi sebenarnya harini Tasha nak coretkan kenangan my family vacation last December, 2015. Whoops! Sorry, it's not that I can't move on tapi saja nak share kan. In future Tasha pun boleh baca lagi.. Tapi sadly, our family vacation was not completed since adik which is my second sister was not together with us sebab dia tengah final. Well, it's okay. Maybe next time. Ya dak? Hihi

First of all, I would like to say sorry sebab quite lambat meng-update entri Istanbul ni sebab busy sesangat lah dengan study stuff and so on. Too many to mention. Even sekarang pun banyak benda tak settle. Tak apa, pelan-pelan kayuh bak kata orang. Lepas tu tunggu lah juga video editor download. Macam-macam dugaan nak upload video. Malas nak story panjang pasal video. So, enjoy!

Istanbul adalah salah satu tempat dalam wishlist yang memang kami nak visit. Alhamdulillah after four and a half hours flight, we finally arrived at our dream place, Istanbul. Yeay! Actually, we arrived Istanbul at 2 pm but since the traffic jammed, we arrived at the hotel after maghrib. So we just had our dinner that night, and back to the hotel to get some rest. Tapi walaupun dinner, sempat jugak merasa Turkish Tea. For free okay! Owner kedai baik hati bagi since weather pun sejuk, apa lagi. Haha

Tak sure what is the actual name of this food tapi ianya adalah kupang. Dalam kulit kupang ni, dia letak nasi. Not really nasi lah tapi macam barley macam tu. Haha faham tak? Okay lah not bad rasanya tapi for me as peminat tegar kupang, kupang makan kosong macam tu lagi sedap kot. Hihi anyhow boleh je nak try. Not a big deal!

Malam first day arrived tu, on the way balik hotel memang banyak kedai mengopi. So singgah minum Turkish Coffee. Nampak menarik sangat tembikar untuk panaskan air tu. Plus best lah duduk sebelah tembikar tu sebab panas haha. Oh ya! Weather quite sejuk tahap tangan beku kalau duduk luar sambil mengopi. Hihi Tak ingat berapa degree tapi below 10 degrees.

Most of the street foods dah try dah, alhamdulillah. Haha siapa follow Instagram tu tahulah ada saja post makanan yang dalam wishlist dan street foods. Yang gambar kat atas ini, gambar chestnut dengan jagung rebus. Sangat murah, so sejuk-sejuk ni ramailah yang membeli. Hihi

Gambar atas ini pulak, fresh fruit punch. Serious sedap dan murah sebab fresh. Pilih nak air apa samaada pomegranates atau oranges. Rasanya mostly ada dua buah tu je kot kalau fruit punch tepi jalan. And one more thing, pakcik ni punya stall, bersih sangat! Pakcik ni pemurah. Bagi air lebih-lebih. Kalau nak bawak botol, letak dalam botol sendiri pun boleh.

Second day in Istanbul, according to our hotel owner, rupanya diorang ada hari kemerdekaan rasanya. Dapat lah tengok banyak bendera diorang pasang dan banyak helicopter berkeliaran dekat langit Istanbul masa tengah breakfast ikan goreng segar. Juicy sangat, serious! Luckily, kedai banyak tak tutup cuma Grand Bazaar je tutup. So we decided to not to go to Grand Bazaar harini. Jadi, kami berjalan kaki ke Blue Mosque dan Aya Sofea. Memandangkan our hotel was so near to these attractions, so decided jalan kaki je lah sambil menghirup udara segar.

Haha sorry tuan tanah pun gigih nak interframe jugak. Okay jangan focus dekat yang depan tu. Sila focus pada background. Cantikkan mosque tu? Itula dia Hagia Sophia (I don't know the exact spelling sebab banyak naw naw cara orang mengeja. Takpelah asalkan bunyi sudah kan.) According to the history, as you know before jadi masjid asalnya Hagia Sophia ni adalah sebuah gereja. It started to become mosque around 1435 if I'm not mistaken. Long time ago, for sure!

Hmm sebenarnya kan, blogpost ni dah tergendala dari semester lepas. So nak cerita balik pun macam ingat tak ingat. Haha takut takut jalan cerita jadi serabut. So, as a conclusion, sila lah tonton travellog yang simple kat atas tu, Haha sorry and thanks for spending your time!