We spent about 5 hours walking in Belgrade Forest just north of Istanbul. It is shocking that there is an enormous park just a 30 minute bus ride from our apartment where, if you go past the picnic areas near the main road, you can go a very long way without seeing anyone. It will be a real pity when they turn it into a strip of giant convention centers after they complete the third bridge and third airport.
A dam, built, the plaque said, in 1797 by order of Selim III's mother. There are amazing aquaducts running miles from the reservoirs that used to supply the city with water, though we didn't hike past them today.
There were a few weird stretches of path lined with logs; we passed what seemed to be a little loggers' tent camp at one point.
A dam, built, the plaque said, in 1797 by order of Selim III's mother. There are amazing aquaducts running miles from the reservoirs that used to supply the city with water, though we didn't hike past them today.
There were a few weird stretches of path lined with logs; we passed what seemed to be a little loggers' tent camp at one point.
It was somehow very satisfying to be on the city metro with hard earned mud of the feet.
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