{"id":491,"date":"2011-11-27T12:04:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-27T17:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=491"},"modified":"2012-05-02T09:37:24","modified_gmt":"2012-05-02T13:37:24","slug":"istanbul-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_492\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"size-full wp-image-492\" title=\"Istanbul - Day 1\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01033.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01033.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01033-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea Man<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was very tough leaving everyone behind and heading to Istanbul myself.\u00a0 It was especially difficult leaving my nephew at the Rome airport&#8211;he had never traveled overseas before and I didn&#8217;t want him to encounter any unforeseen issues.\u00a0 Honestly, I think I was ready to head back also but I am pressing on to experience new places.<\/p>\n<p>First evening here and I think I am going to use it for some down time.\u00a0 I am not even hungry after eating like a king for over a week.\u00a0 I did manage to walk up the steep hill from my hotel to view a couple of Istanbul&#8217;s mosques and have a cup of freshly squeezed pomegrante juice.<\/p>\n<p>I think I will stay in this evening and try to find some NFL games to listen to over the Internet&#8230;.may head out for a late bite.<\/p>\n<p>A few photos from tonight:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-491 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?attachment_id=492'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01033-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-492\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-492'>\n\t\t\t\tTea Man\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?attachment_id=493'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01034-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-493\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-493'>\n\t\t\t\tNut Man\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/dinkel.us\/?attachment_id=494'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/dinkel.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/DSC01035-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-494\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-494'>\n\t\t\t\tBlue Mosque\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was very tough leaving everyone behind and heading to Istanbul myself.\u00a0 It was especially difficult leaving my nephew at the Rome airport&#8211;he had never traveled overseas before and I didn&#8217;t want him to encounter any unforeseen issues.\u00a0 Honestly, I &hellip; 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