☆*: .｡.Dolmabache Palace .｡.:*☆

We went to a palace which was old but, it isn't the oldest palace in Istanbul. It was built in 1843. It is called Dolmabahce Palace.  Supposedly, the country went bankrupt when they built the palace because the king took everyone’s money to build the palace!

  First we took a tram to the palace. While my dad was buying the tickets my mom took pictures of me and my sister jumping in front of the palace. Once we bought the tickets, we went into the palace. When you are in the palace, you are not allowed to take pictures, so these pictures that I uploaded in my blog are from the internet. First, we saw the antiques that was given as gifts from other countries.

 After walking for ages, ok well not ages but, after walking for some time we reached the big stairs.

Next, we saw the bedroom that the king’s mother will sleep in.

After that, we went into the dining room which had a long table and many chairs.

The ceiling was drawn with beautiful drawings and they look so realistic!

 Not long after that we saw the toilet. Surprisingly the toilet bowl was bigger than the bath tub! Then we went into the hall where they had royal dances and balls.

The throne of the king and queen were placed at the end of hall.

Subsequently, we went to a room where discussions  between the King and his Ministers were held.  It had many sofas.

Once we were done visiting the palace we went to have lunch.  After lunch, we walked from Taksim Square to the Galata Tower which is placed at the end of Istikkal Caddesi. It is 63 m high.

On the way, there we stopped to buy candy. They had many different types of candies like lollipops, cola gummies, jelly beans, sour candy and lots more. They even had candies that were gold and silver. I wanted to try them since they were my favorite colours, but I had  already chosen to take jelly beans. So, I told myself its ok if I don’t get to try it now maybe I can try it next time. 

 After that we walked to the front of the Galata Tower. We took some pictures but, we didn’t want to walk up because we were tired (and lazy). We walked across the Galata Bridge which is 490 m long.  It was built in 1992.  The bridge connects Karakoy and Eminonu which are both European parts of Istanbul. Along the bridge there were many men fishing. They had 1 or 2 big buckets beside them and the buckets were almost full of fishes. After we crossed the bridge, we decided to take the bus back to our hotel.