I-Istanbul yayisisixeko sokuqala ngaphandle kweRussia, endandiyindwendwela. Ukusukela ngoko, ndiyayithanda ngentliziyo yam iphela nangethemba lokuthetha ukuba lihambelane. I-Istanbul (okanye i-Istanbul, njengoko abantu bendawo babiza) -Yindawo ofuna ukubuya ngayo, kuba awusoze ubone ukuba yonke into onokuyenza. Njengalo naliphi na iMegalopolis, uqhekeza eyahlukileyo yabantu abangafezekanga, iimoto, izakhiwo nezitrato. Njenge-megalopolis eMpuma, i-Istanbul ihlala igcina uhlobo lwe-ridddle kwaye iba nomtsalane ngakumbi koku.
Ngokwendawo, i-Istanbul ibekwe kwi-Europe nase-Asia, umda ophakathi kweBosssirus Bay.
Ke ngoko, iSixeko sihlulwe saba ngamacandelo amabini: iYurophu neAsia. Uninzi lweendawo zokuzonwabisa ze-Europe (Sultanahmet, apho ungabona kwaye ne-Ayia Sophia, kunye neBlue Mosque kunye ne-pullact ye-topkapi, apho kwahlala khona i-topkapi. Kwinxalenye yaseYurophu kukho nenxalenye yam endiyithandayo yesixeko - Khayeli, owazi ukuba ngubani na obhinqileyo uphondo lwegolide. I-Mosque Eyed Sultan, ngubani olapha, ohlala endithanda namangcwaba akhe, iintlanganiso zanaphakade zonqulo zabantu abadala,
Isixa esikhulu samantshontsho kunye ne-bazaarc encinci ekufuphi, apho unokuthenga khona ioyile yeoyile enexabiso eliphantsi.
Kodwa kwinxalenye ye-Asiya ye-Istanbul, iilwandle eziphambili zigxilwe, ikakhulu kwindawo ye-bostanzhi. Anditsho ukuba ndibathandile kakhulu, yonke-njengoBossingos -amed Ukuhanjiswa, ngenxa yoko, kukho umdaka owaneleyo esixekweni. Imiphefumlo emininzi emininzi iza iilwandle ngeziqithi eziprintiweyo. Ngokubanzi, iziqithi- ubumnyama bokurhoxiswa okwahlukileyo. Kwizilonda eziziilitha enye kunye neziqingatha oziwela kwiGrisi encinci eTurkey. Iibhayisikile, iiroses zehashe, i-ice cream-ubuhle nje! Kuyinyani, ukufumana ulwandle oluhle, kungcono ukuya esiqithini, ngaselunxwemeni yonke into igqitywe ngabakhenkethi.
E-Istanbul, zininzi izinto ezinokukhunjulwa kwenye kwaye zingabi luhlu. Ke ngoko, ndiza kuthetha ngokufutshane, ndifuna ukubuyela apho. Ukuhamba kwizitrato ezimdaka zeMpuma, yiva ukucula kukaMuzzin ekutshoneni kwelanga, kuzingela iinyawo zakho kwiBossirsus kwaye utye i-Turkish ye-rahat-lusum!