European Tales: How to spend £1,800 in Istanbul

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Turkey Picture by Joseph Tame
Travel story: European Tales: How to spend £1,800 in Istanbul

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It was my first night in Istanbul. Prior to my arrival in the city that spans two continents I'd been travelling without sleep for three days on rickety old Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian trains. All I wanted was a bed - somewhere to rest my tired and confused head.

As I searched for the youth hostel (which I eventually found on my last day in town) a man who spoke broken English approached me,... More