![]() ![]() Road to their house hosts beautiful mansions arousing your jealousy against their households and allows you to enjoy the fabulous view of Istanbul. Any sort of engined vehicle is not allowed to operate on the island so you just inhale the oxygen with a little bit of horse shit flavor when a horse-drawn carriage passes by your side (I said no engined vehicles but I did not say no vehicles at all). Despite the striking statistics, there is a great deal of brave hearts to jump on and off these boats every day.Īfter a quite wavy voyage we were on the island and had a long way to climb up to our dearest friend Ceren’s family house. I believe only one out of five people know how to swim including the retired ladies in their 60s who swim like a side-engined steamboat making you feel they are about to stop any time soon. Even though Istanbul is a city surrounded by water, most of its residents are not fond of sea. It is also funny to get wet with a massive wave and watching all scared people running to take shelter in the closed part of the deck. These small boats are a lifesaver for latecomers but I have to add one more thing they toss wild enough in windy days to become a complete substitute for a thrilling ride in an amusement park. It takes almost forty five minutes to reach Burgazada by ferries operating on a timetable but if you also have the habit of being late for scheduled events like us, you may take an alternative way to go there, small boats travelling back and forth every half an hour. ![]() You would understand easily that I spent the day out of the city, in a peaceful place making you forget all your worries just with a touch of summer breeze coming from the sea, in an island close to Istanbul but far away from its rush and hectic daily life. I tell the same to myself, I just want to live Sunday again and again with all the fun and relief it brings. “It’s just another manic Monday, I wish it was Sunday.Ĭause that’s my funday, my I don’t have to runday.” ![]() As the song of “The Bangles”, hit of 1986, says Unfortunately we already spent another weekend and heading to our brand new manic Monday very fast. ![]()
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