The Smoke

[martropolitan]

Hello Vancouver and other friends! I am going to Vancouver in September to do an MA in English Language and I would like you to please pass on all hot tips regarding nice walks, good places, cheap foods, offers to hang, etc. I guess places to live too, although it will be saddening if me and Stephen can't find a solid joint

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[twiggyinstereo]

OH MARTIN I AM WARN YOU DO NOT MOVE TO VANCOUVER IT WILL LEAVE YOU SOULLESS AND PANTNG FOR BREATH: A PILE OF SKINS CAUGHT I A NET, A NET, A NET.

[martropolitan]

But ıt's for my future!

Maybe ı'd be more ınclıned to lısten based on the hıgh qualıty of your İstanbul tıps.

[twiggyinstereo]

Well, methinks from your I's that you have arrived. Welcome! Or should I say, hosh geldeniz!! Stay awhile in Istanbul, give yourself at the very least a week to explore. One of the enormous mosques is free to get into, visit that one - I think it's the Blue Mosque? Or else it's Aya Sofia. Where are you staying? If you are staying in the tourist district of Sultanhamet, these will be in walking distance. I recommend taking the commuter ferries up the Bosphorus, to "the end of the line" where there is a really old ruins and cemetery (challenge: find the vampire graves). I think you just go to a ferry ticket office and tell them you want it all, or something like that. it's a really beautiful, cheap way to check out Istanbul by boat. The Asian side of the city seems to be where all the Turks live and tourists venture less, so go there and eat a lot of delicious food, chances are there will be musicians playing and you will end up dancing around the restaurant with the waiters and all the other patrons, hands on each others shoulders,

[twiggyinstereo]

This is going to be so great.

Oh hey, and thanks for Gwen too, because she is lovely.

[martropolitan]

That was me, of course. Hey! I got lost already!