Six Sights for Saturday: Istanbul

Istanbul is the most highly populated city in Turkey and has the interesting quirk of being located in both Europe and Asia.  It is situated on the Bosphorus River, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. Around 64% of the population lives in Europe (the Thracian side) and the remainder in Asia (on the Anatolian side). 

If you have a day or two to spend here, these are my must-see sights:

City Guides: 7 Things To Do In Madrid

After a fabulous three days in Valencia, we boarded el tren and made our way to the capital city.  I had visited Madrid on one previous occasion and was lucky enough to be shown round some of the city’s lesser know sights by my friend (and Madrid resident), Aurora.  This time, we were on our own, so I took charge and dragged LT around until he begged for mercy. The Travel Bug was also in tow. That little guy follows us everywhere.  These we were the highlights of our trip:

Cathedral next to Palacio Real

City Guides: 8 Things To Do In Valencia, Spain

Valencia is Spain’s third largest city, occupying space on the country’s Iberian Peninsula.  The Port of Valencia is the largest in the West Mediterranean and fifth largest port container in the world.  The city is also the birthplace of paella and the only city in Spain to have two American Football teams.  

As neither LT nor me had previously visited, and we were heading to Madrid for a break, we decided to split our week and spend three days in Valencia to see what it had to offer.   These are the highlights of our trip:

City Guides: How To Wear Out Your Shoes In Stockholm

Before I travelled to Sweden, these are the things I knew about it:

Its capital city is Stockholm;

It's cold in the winter;

It's horrendously expensive;

It produces fabulous crime writers;

It's where Freddie Ljungberg comes from;

It produces furniture that makes the roundabout close their Edinburgh store a nightmare to navigate at all times.   Seriously, it's always rammed.