Originally posted by spashta-wakta
We spent 10-odd days but drove a lot. From Izmir, we went to Efesus, Afrodisias, Pamukkale, Termessos, Olympos/ Cirali, Antalya, Aspendos, Side, Konya, Cappadoccia (Goreme), Kayseri and finally Istanbul. Loved every bit of it. The Turkish language has so many words we use in Hindi (maidan, Murda & so on). Their food (& fruits) is very good (even for vegetarians like us) and their sweets (baklava) are also excellent. The archaeological sites we visited were stupendous too. Istanbul is a wonderful place indeed and the Kapali Charsi (the covered bazaar) is a shoppers' delight.
A Turkish serial "Feriha" is running on Zindagi channel...great looking actors all...i watched the first episode and was sort of put off by the dubbed Hindi.