In an old milking parlour

 

  

  

  

 

 Photos taken in an old milking parlour that's not in use anymore.

Istanbul, Türkiye

One of the cities I really want to go back to is Istanbul. I met some friends,  two lovely ladies, Güler and Esen, I had made through the internet for the first time in person. We became friends in real life as well. Evrim, my friend who is a teacher of English in the Black Sea region, had come with us to Istanbul for a few days. I met with her brother, his girlfriend and a few friends and also with Esen's family. I also met Güler's teacher of English, Roger: an Englishman who lives in Istanbul. We went to a teagarden several times, smoking a waterpipe while sipping apple tea, eating simit (kind of bread) and chatting. What more can one want.
All my Turkey shots are dedicated to all the lovely people I met in Turkey. I will carry all those moments, the country and the people in my heart forever. 

Çok teşekkür ederim.

About the shots: Eminönü is an area that really comes to live at night with all the food stalls where they sell traditionally prepared fish.
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Happy 2010. A frosty start.

I took a little break from posting on my blog. I was still posting but mainly event photos on Facebook.
Time to make a fresh start (pun intended) in 2010. We had some lovely frosty mornings and last Saturday, I went outside and just took a few photos.
For those of you who are wondering about some of the shots. Well the clothes pegs are obvious, then there is a shot of light falling on part of a iced up spiders web through the gap of a fence and there is one of an iced up drop on a spiders web, well, what's left of the web anyway. All the shots were taken outside of my house.
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Alternative miss Limerick

The alternative Miss Limerick competition is a pageant for drag queens and girls dressing up as boys. This year I got some really good shots and a few of them I will show here. The whole series will soon be posted on my Limerick photo blog.
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Last Saturday in County Clare.

The weather was absolutely beautiful last weekend so on Saturday I went to County Clare: Spanish Point, the Cliffs of Moher and Doolin, to take some photos and enjoy the fine weather. I stayed in Doolin 'till sunset.

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Türkiye - At the market

Back to Turkey. These are shots taken at the market in Devrek. The people were so friendly and hospitable. I learned some Turkish so I could tell them that I'm from the Netherlands but live in Ireland and say some polite things in Turkish. They kept on giving me food to try and trying to chat to me. Some of them had some German and I do too. So with English, German and a few words in Turkish I was able to tell them that I think Turkey is a great country and that I love the food and the people. It made them happy and their friendliness made me happy. Such a great experience. (Click on a photo to see it bigger)

Macro shots.

Just taking a break from the Turkey photos and posting a few macro shots again.

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slide shows not working.

I just noticed that my flickr slide widgets are not showing any photos anymore. I went to the widget page and tried to make a new slide show but.....no luck. :(

I will probably just have to post a few photos from the series and then provide the link to my flickr site where you can see the rest of the series. What a shame. The slide shows were great and a nice addition to my blogs.

It will take me a while to get it all organised as I'm also in the process of repairing a computer.

All the slide shows have been repaired.

Türkiye. Landscape around Safranbolu: Black Sea area.

This is the landscape in the black sea area of Turkey. Hills and mountains, covered with trees and shrubs. It's all very lush and green. The top photo is me with our rental car. (Click on the photos to see them bigger)

Türkiye 2009 - Zonguldak

These evening shots were taken in Zonguldak in the Black Sea region. Zonguldak is a mining town with a harbour. The black Sea region is the less visited side of Turkey which is totally incomprehensible as it is such a beautiful part of the country. And I've seen only a tiny part of it. I watched the Turkish movie Sonbahar the other day (bought it on DVD) with scenery from the far north east of the Black Sea region which is also stunningly beautiful. Anyway, more shots of this region to follow soon. (Click on the photos to see them bigger)