San Sebastian

The short 3 day weekend in San Sebastian was a trip back into the warm weather. Instead of -1 back home it got up to 20 deg... lovely warm temperatures... T-shirt weather. Apart from the great basque food (Pinsho) there is quite a lot to see in San Sebastian. Lots of beaches, lots of nice lookouts... nice people. Check out the pictures at www.jsbpics.de

Istanbul

Some crazy weeks are behind me... Just 2 weeks before flying to Istanbul I was in Las Vegas, and in between hiking in snow...

Well Istanbul was great. It is one of my most favourite cities and it is easy to spend a lot of time there especially on the Bazaar shopping ;). After some trouble getting to the airport (Swiss bus/train ticket machine only take coins...) I could not take the offer of 250€ to take a flight the next morning because it was overbooked ;). Too much to see, too much to do... The weather in Istanbul was not the best, the first 2 days windy and not sunny at all. Most impressive were the mosques but they are filled with tourists. But a little off the main sights it was very nice. Pictures can be found on my homepage...