Istanbul

Our Last Day in Istanbul

by Linda Capeloto Sendowski on May 5, 2010

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Sunday April 25 

April 25th, our last day.  We decided to meet Isak early even though we stayed up until 1:00am the night before.  8:00am came very early indeed.  Today we have a busy agenda and there is some street closings midday because of the Istanbul Marathon. [click to continue…]

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Shabbat in Istanbul

May 5, 2010
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Saturday April, 24   Well, I am sleeping in and relaxing a bit.  My sister got up, dressed, and went to a Shul about 2 blocks from here but I am exhausted.  We are going on a walking tour with Isak at 2:00pm.  Promptly at 2:00, we met Isak in the lobby.

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