Fatma Al Matrooshi: The best vacation in my life

I have travelled to many different countries in my entire life, but the best one so far was my trip to Turkey. It was a trip that was planned with my entire college along with 2 staff teachers. It lasted for one week. We left on 14^th December 2012 and we landed directly in Istanbul. Half the day went by in travelling from Dubai to Istanbul. The rest of the day we spent relaxing in the hotel.

On the 2^nd day, the entire day was spent doing the Ottoman Tour including Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Grand Covered Bazaar. The best place i liked the most was the Topkapi palace because it housed a lot of important artifacts from the past. the interior architecture of the blue mosque was also a very pretty sight.

On the 3rd day, we spent our day going to the mountain top where i experienced and felt snow for the 1st time in my life. We had a lot of fun playing in the snow and having snowball fights. We also took turns to ride on the snow mobile. We had lunch and then returned back to the hotel. After that we spent the rest of the day shopping around the place.

On the 4th day, we had a Full Day Bursa City Tour. We went to the Muradiye area and saw the Great Mosque.

On the 5^th day, we had a visit to the Dolmabahce Palace. The rest of the day we also visited the OZYEGIN University in Istanbul.

On the 6^th day, after breakfast, we took a 1 hr flight from Istanbul to Cappadocia. After reaching there, we visited the Kaymakli Underground City. It was built 5000yrs ago. We also visited a lot of churches around the area.

On the 7^th day, we visited the Goreme Open air museum. We also did an easy one hour hike in rose valley through fairy chimneys. The rest of the day we also spent going to irchards and vineyards.

On the 8^th day, we took a flight back to Istanbul, spent 2 hours shopping around and then sadly headed back to the airport to come back to Dubai.

Here are some pictures in Turkey...

Blue Mosque