It's been incredibly adventurous and we never thought we'd enjoy istanbul this much.

 


Hello Ozgur,

How are you? Michael and I are having a lovely time in istanbul. It's been incredibly adventurous and we never thought we'd enjoy istanbul this much. Although were excited for our boat trip coming up tomorrow we wish we had more time here in Istanbul.

I wanted to let you know that Eren Bolek was tremendous. Were just sad that he won't be with us today. Eren was not only a tour guide but also became a friend. At first I was unsure about whether we wanted a tour guide as Michael and I usually like exploring cities on our own. But after our day with Eren I'm extremely delighted that we had him at our disposal. Eren was a great help with communicating with locals. At the bazaar, we had difficulty understanding the locals as some didn't speak much English. It was fantastic to have him translate and negotiate prices for us. He was incredibly patient as it took me awhile in each store at the bazaar. We had lots of laughs throughout the day. Lunch was like hanging out with a good friend versus that of a tour guide.

It was great to have Eren with us inside the blue mosque, hagia Sophia. He was able to give us more information than what we would have received in a large group tour. The tours felt intimate and Eren was able to answer all the questions we had about history, politics, current economy in turkey. We had a lot to talk about, only because Eren was friendly and genuinely wanted to know more about us. I think it was even a treat that we were relatively in the same age group. That is one thing that I was concerned about when booking a tour guide, as I have previously been in Egypt and the tour guides were catered more to the 'older' generation.

We would highly recommend Eren to our friends and family. We had a fantastic time with him yesterday and once again sad to know that we won't be with him today. The tour guide today will have big shoes to fill and will need to meet our highest expectations after spending the day with Eren yesterday.

Please thank Eren once again for his hospitality!

Delia Tan

deliatan[@-sign]hotmail.com
(July 2011)

 

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