U-Istanbul wayengumuzi wokuqala ngaphandle kweRussia, engivakashele. Kusukela lapho, ngiyayithanda ngayo yonke inhliziyo yami futhi nginethemba ngokweqiniso ukuthi kuyavumelana. I-Istanbul (noma i-Istanbul, njengoba abantu bendawo bakhona) - Le yindawo lapho ufuna ukubuya khona, ngoba awusoze wabona konke ongakubona, futhi ngeke ukwenze konke lapho ongakubona. Njenganoma iyiphi i-megalopolis, ukhipha izinhlobo zakhe ezingapheli, izimoto, izakhiwo kanye nemigwaqo. NjengoMegalopolis osempumalanga, i-Istanbul ihlala igcina uhlobo lwemfumba futhi iba nzima ngokwengeziwe kulokhu.
Ngokwendawo, i-Istanbul itholakala emhlanganweni weYurophu ne-Asia, umngcele phakathi kwawo wenzeka ngeBosphorus Bay.
Ngakho-ke, lo muzi uhlukaniswe ngokunengqondo izingxenye ezimbili: European and Asia. Iningi lezinto ezikhangayo zitholakala eYurophu (Isifunda seSultanahmet, lapho ungabona khona no-Ayia Sophia, kanye ne-Blue Boolque kanye nesigodlo esimangalisa kakhulu seTopkapi, lapho kwakuhlala khona iTurkas Sultans). Engxenyeni yaseYurophu kukhona nengxenye engiyithandayo yedolobha - uKhalich, ukuthi wonke umuntu owaziyo njengophondo lwegolide. I-mosque beped sultan, etholakala lapha, ihlala ihlaba umxhwele ngamathuna ayo, imihlangano yaphakade yabantu abadala bezenkolo,
Inani elikhulu lamajuba kanye ne-bazaarc encane eduzane, lapho ungathenga khona amakha ashibhile kawoyela.
Kepha engxenyeni yase-Asia ye-Istanbul, amabhishi amakhulu edolobha ahlanganiswe, ikakhulukazi endaweni yaseBostanzhi. Angisho ukuthi ngibathandile ngempela, konke - njenge-bosphorus efana ne-bosphorus - ukuthumela okubizwa ngokuthi kungcolile kwanele edolobheni. Imiphefumulo eminingi eminingi yafika amabhishi eziqhingini eziphrintiwe. Ngokuvamile, iziqhingi - ubumnyama bokuchithwa okuhlukile. Kwabanye abalimali kanye nengxenye uwela kwiGrisi elincane kangaka ngaphakathi kweTurkey. Abahamba ngamabhayisekili, ama-roses amahhashi, u-ayisikhilimu - ubuhle nje! Kuliqiniso, ukuthola ibhishi elihle, kungcono ukuthi ungene ekujuleni esiqhingini, ngasogwini olusogwini lugcwele izivakashi.
E-Istanbul, kunezinto eziningi kakhulu ezikhunjulwa munye futhi azifaki ohlwini. Ngakho-ke, ngizothi kafushane: ngifuna ukubuyela lapho. Ukuhamba emigwaqweni emincane yasempumalanga, yizwa ukucula kwe-muzzin ekushoneni kwelanga, ukuzingela izinyawo zakho eBosphorus futhi udle nje i-rahat-lukum ebabazekayo!