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Travelling Curmudgeon

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Travel isn't always as magical as the internet makes it seem, but sometimes it is... Currently in Istanbul, Türkiye 🇹🇷 🇹🇷

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Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 23h

It's very strange going home every night and walking past a #window that looks like a #mirror image of yourself - five years in the past and five years in the future....

#travel #streetphotography #wigs #mannequin #beard #istanbul #türkiye #europe #ottoman #curmudgeon

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 1d

A local fish market in #Sarıyer, the last main town to the north on the European side of the #Bosphorus....

#travel #istanbul #türkiye #europe #streetphotography #market #fish #buylocal #fresh #bonappetit #flaneur #local #smalltown #villagelife #ice #curmudgeon

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 1d

A traditional wooden house that's seen better days on the outskirts of #Sarıyer town....

#travel #istanbul #türkiye #europe #bosphorus #historic #house #architecture #streetphotography #flaneur

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

My Turkish isn't great, but I'm pretty sure this says "I know about rigged elections better than anybody."

#travel #istanbul #türkiye #europe #sultan #erdoğan #gollum #corruption #elections #curmudgeon #streetphotography #advertising #turkish

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

When you're at the #opera and the first intermission stretches to 80mins on account of a concurrent air raid alert. Or making lemonade out of lemons, #Ukrainian style...

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #odesa #ukraine #europe #wine #cafe #rigoletto #culture #cheers

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

But this is Lake Bled in Slovenia, which you wouldn't actually pass if you were going from Croatia to Montenegro, since both are to the south. Greetings from Ljubljana!

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

#Breakfast of champions! Is the title of a great #book by #Vonnegut, which I finally read earlier this year.

Meanwhile, this is a #Munich style #Ukrainian hot dog, which was actually pretty good, even at 8.42am...

#blueskyartshow #inside #odesa #ukraine #foodie #travel #beach #travel

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Fun culinary fact: #Prosecco and horse #salami just taste better after they've been #smuggled into an #opera house after two super long air raid alert intermissions. And that's not just my opinion, it's #science (probably)....

#blueskyartshow #inside #odesa #ukraine #travel #rigoletto

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

More majestic #window views. Well worth the additional €20 fee, despite it being only a 90-minute or so flight from #Chișinău to #Vienna....

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #airplane #windowview #clouds #cloudporn #europe

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Mixed signals from #Austrian Airlines. Think this was the first time I saw an #ashtray #inside an #airplane lavatory since somewhere in Central Asia in the early 2010s...

#blueskyartshow #travel #chisinau #vienna #flight #nosmoking #signs #curmudgeon #europe

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

So in the US the regime is now telling #pregnant women not to take #Tylenol. Meanwhile, in #Berlin....

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #graffiti #streetart #beer #streetphotography #germany #europe #culture #baby

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Fun fact about Berlin: If you're out early on a Saturday or Sunday morning, you're all but guaranteed to be sharing the public transport with glitter-faced party people in various states of confusion and/or bliss, attempting to find their way home (or to the next after-party)

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Berlin Hauptbahnhof on a beautiful sunny, yet super chilly, morning....

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #berlin #germany #trains #station #streetphotography #autumn #morning #glass

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 2d

Istanbul's street #cats are rightfully #famous, but there are also loads of giant street #dogs lounging around all over the place - even #inside some shops...

#blueskyartshow #istanbul #türkiye #taksim #travel #dog #streetphotography #drugstore #cosmetics #siesta #naptime #flaneur

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

Waiting for the #ferry in Anadolu Kavağı....

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #istanbul #türkiye #bosphorus #queue #streetphotography #curmudgeon #autumn #waiting #tourists #publictransport

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

Waiting for the #ferry in Rumeli Kavağı...

#blueskyartshow #inside #travel #istanbul #türkiye #bosphorus #queue #streetphotography #curmudgeon #autumn #stainedglass #waiting #tourists

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

'Between Worlds' at #Istanbul Modern, #artist Chiharu Shiota wraps the #gallery in web-like red threads and places the #suitcases #inside this intricate mass, emphasizing the theme of “presence in the absence.”

#blueskyartshow #art #travel #japaneseart #exhibition #türkiye

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

When your hotel's guard dog is a Chow Chow....

#blueskyartshow #inside #istanbul #türkiye #beyoğlu #travel #dogs #doglife #chowchow #streetphotography #windows #flaneur #curmudgeon #hotel

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

The platform where you wait (and wait) to take the new M11 #metro line to Istanbul's massive new(ish) #airport some 45km away - for less than $1....

#blueskyartshow #inside #istanbul #türkiye #travel #subway #train #publictransport #blue #waiting #streetphotography #architecture

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the breakfast in question: mercimek çorbası (lentil #soup), yumurta sucuk ( #eggs with with spiced #Turkish #sausage), as well as the obligatory glass of #çay...

#food #foodie #turkishfood #tea #mmmm #bonappetit #cafe #restaurant

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 3d

When your #breakfast is so tasty it has locals literally climbing up the side of the table to get some....

#travel #istanbul #türkiye #cat #cats #kitty #streetphotography #curmudgeon

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

10/25? Did the UK set clocks ahead an entire day?

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

An #homage to that night Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega got robbed of the #dancing trophy at Jack Rabbit Slim's...

#travel #istanbul #kadıköy #ttürkiye #graffiti #streetart #art #pulpfiction #tarantino #streetphotography #movies #flaneur #curmudgeon #dumpster

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

An early afternoon, after #brunch #coffee, with a #Bosphorus view. Shame we didn't bring #swimming stuff, as the water was looking very inviting when the sun came out....

#travel #istanbul #türkiye #espresso #cafe #seaside #curmudgeon #europe #autumn #clouds #sea

Travelling Curmudgeon @magicoftravel.bsky.social · 4d

My #friends inspecting an #aqueduct in the #forests of #Sarıyer. We thought it was from the #Romans, but turned out to be from the same 16th century #Ottoman #architect who built most of the #famous things in #Istanbul, Sinan.

#travel #türkiye #architecture #streetphotography #trees #arch