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Friday Mystery Photo
Good morning everyone. Its been a hectic week, not many photos, but I don’t want to miss the Friday photo. I hope you know what it is and where it is. Have a great upcoming weekend.
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Friday Mystery Photo
Any mention about this place would give it away, so I’m not going to say a word about it. I’m still on my little road trip with somewhat limited access to the web, so my responses as my posts this week...
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Blue Sunrise
After witnessing one of the sunrises on the Mediterranean we were walking back to our hotel and decided to check how main pool looks at this early hour. I liked what I saw. Pretty much every guest is...
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Fresh Fish for Dinner
Last month, we spent four days in Istanbul before going to Kazakhstan. Four days is really a teaser for Istanbul, to really experience this city you should spend here at least three, four weeks. Next...
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Vacation Destination–Antalya
Although we spent only half a day in Antalya itself, it is the place I’d like to visit again. I mean, judge it for yourself, pretty awesome if you ask me. After taking this photo we made our way to a...
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Friday Mystery Photo
Ahh, last day of August… summer is getting to its end… hopefully the heat will be disappearing soon as well. As for my Friday Mystery photo, here is one… this place is very old, as you obviously see,...
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Crystal Waters of Mediterranean
Ah, the Mediterranean, I was really impressed with its crystal clear, warm water, calm like a lake. I’m sure it get good waves, but I hardly saw any during our 4 days being there. Couple weeks ago I...
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Olympos River
Tell you the truth, I have no idea what this river is actually called, I tried to zoom in to it on the map but it didn’t even show it, so I just called it Olympos River, because it is going straight...
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Morning gymnastics
As we watched the sunrise over the Mediterranean and as I was taking some photos, older man walked over to the end of the pier and started doing some morning exercises. As soon as I saw his routine I...
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Life Is Good
Fall is nocking on the doors, not many colors yet, but it is getting a bit colder in the evenings. It makes me to think about nice warm summer (not super hot though), beautiful ocean or sea, clean wide...
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Random Wall Mural
Whenever I see some cool murals I try to take photos of them. In this case, we were walking in Istanbul and I saw this mural on one of the side streets, I thought it looked nice and nothing was...
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Monday Morning Movie–Sunrise
Mediterranean Sunrise from Dmitrii on Vimeo. This summer we spent a few days at the Renaissance resort near Antalya Turkey. I managed to get up couple mornings very early and go see the sunrise. The...
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Friday Mystery Photo
It is another Friday of course and we have another “Friday Mystery Photo” for you. This one is from a very sunny place as we can see, even with some water, so must be easy to figure out, or is it? I...
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Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Mediterranean Sunrise from Dmitrii on Vimeo. This is 16th second time spot photo in this video. We were at Renaissance resort near...
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Istanbul Panorama
This photo was taken with Sony NEX-7 camera, using its panorama mode. This mode actually works pretty well after you get hold of the speed you should move the camera. If you have one, try it. I’m not...
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Friday Mystery Photo
I love those Mediterranean looking roofs. There is something earthily about them, don’t you think? I see many of them in US as well, so where is this one? Saturday update…A few of you suggested that it...
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Friday Mystery Photo
We didn’t have a chance to eat any food cooked on these boats, yes, those boats are floating kitchens, and based on the large number of people buying their food it must be good. Maybe next time when we...
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Dinner Time in Istanbul
Yesterday I mentioned that a lot of people like the food cooked on those floating boat kitchens. Today I want to follow up and provide some evidence. What I don’t know is what type of food they cook on...
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Turkey Blue
Quick one today. I saw this wall at our resort in Turkey and kind of liked this pattern, so here you go. Like it or hate it. Have a good weekend everyone.
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In Need of Little Paradise
Its funny, how it goes, there have been only a few weeks of cold weather and I’m already complaining about it and want to be in some place much warmer, like where those two girls are. Of course that...
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TELEFON
As I was framing this shot, I thought about hackers magazine I used to see on the shelves at Borders. It is a small format magazine, almost like a booklet, with the last page always displaying a...
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Friday Mystery Photo
There were narrow and cobbled streets in this part of town with a lot of little shops, selling all kind of souvenirs, clothes, shoes and some antique looking things. Not sure how most of it antique,...
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Rugs
EXIF Once in a while there is a question popping up in the comments section about EXIF information on my photos. I never actually put that type of information on this blog. I think it is a bit boring...
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Monday Morning Movie
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Mediterranean Sunrise from Dmitrii on Vimeo. ahh, I miss those warm waters, not just warm but crystal clear warm waters of...
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Sunset
Last day of January is here, sort of a sunset of it. I felt like sunset photo was appropriate to post on this day.
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Friday Mystery Photo
Where is it? It is hot and sunny and those ruins are older than the New World. Saturday update: this photo is the same place as this photo, which provides a bit more information on the location....
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Istanbul Cisterns
This is one of the must see little attractions if you ever visit Istanbul. It is not small as you can see but you are probably not going to spend a lot of time inside there, 15-20 minutes and you will...
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The View of the Heavens
Hagia Sophia is beautiful place to visit, and by the way you don’t have to wear pants or cover your shoulders to visit it. We thought that we had to and went back to hotel to get the right attire...
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Mediterranean Sunrise
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Mediterranean Sunrise from Dmitrii on Vimeo. I can remember those fresh waters and how I jumped into them after taking a few...
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Pretty Little Boats
We didn’t have a lot of time to hang around this marina or to take any boat tours. We just went around, snapped a few photos like this and then went to eat late lunch. Maybe next time when I visit...
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Swim at Your Own Risk
If video is not shown in the browser or applications then visit it at Mediterranean Sunrise from Dmitrii on Vimeo. at this early hour. Lifeguards show up at this tower at much later time, maybe around...
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Friday Mystery Photo
I did not manage to visit the top of this tower, can’t recall the exact reason, maybe it was already closed, maybe they did not allow tripods, maybe the line was too long, or maybe they wanted too much...
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Friday Mystery Photo
I want to share some lovely graffiti with you today and see if anyone have seen it. Truly, if I saw it before but didn’t take this photo I would never remember it and would not know where it was. You’d...
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Sunrise
Right now it is around 75-80F, in about three hours it will be above 100F. Perfect day to spend some time in nice cool water. Of course, I’m not anywhere near there. Bummer.
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Hagia Sophia
Before visiting Hagia Sophia I had no idea that it is not a practicing Mosque anymore. So before going there we stopped at our hotel and I changed my shorts to pants. You can’t wear shorts in Mosque....
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Istanbul Blue
Another place I’d like to visit again and spend a bit more time at, Istanbul is the cool place.
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Friday Mystery Photo
First, let me thank all for nice comments from the yesterday post. I usually get to see them on my phone during the day while at work, and it something that brightens my day. I’ll follow up today with...
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Pirates of the 21st Century
All they are missing are some cannons and a few AK47, otherwise probably have enough speed to take on that big tanker. Fortunately it is all happening in nice and safe waters of Mediterranean and not...
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Friday Mystery Photo
Yesterday we had a gloomy day at the beach, so how about today switch to a sunny day? It is Friday after all and weekend is just a few hours away, and it appears to be a sunny one too here in NC, even...
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Istanbul Blue
Ahh, Istanbul. We were there for only three days. Not enough to experience it all.
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Antalya Sunrise
We are planning on doing a short trip to Florida for Thanksgiving and while we are not going to see or experience warm waters like we did on this hot day in Turkey, it will be considerably much warmer...
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