Friday night-over a US holiday week-which is the first one I have gotten since Christmas.
So this morning the S.O. and I boarded a plane-and arrived where?
1) This is city is the largest city in the country-but it is not the capital of the country.
2) In the 1800's there were over 1,400 public toilets all around the city. At the same time, there weren’t any even at palaces in France and the rest of Europe.
3) This city is one of the biggest cities in the world, with over 13 million population.
4) This city has the third oldest subway in the world, built in 1875.
5) The first traffic accident occurred in 1912 at, when the driver of the Italian Embassy hit a pedestrian and tried to run away from the scene.
6) Alexander the Great was a passer by through this city.
7)This city will be one of three European Cities of Culture.
8)Agatha Christie wrote one of her novels here.
9) This city has been important throughout modern history. "Control of this city is the key to controlling Europe". Throughout history-conquerors knew or sensed this. However in the biggest ever war in history-this city sat on the bench.
Where are we?
byzantium
If the SO thought German was hard, wait until she tries to understand Glaswegian!
Try the haggis, I'll be here all week 🙂
What Curtis said…
Constantinople.
Istanbul a.k.a Constantinople.
Istanbul/Constantinople.
I made this one way too easy. Instanbul it is.
Not to change the subject, but it appears that you have an olive drab alter-ego:
http://skippyslist.com/list/
I saw that a few years ago. Looks like the list grew a bit. Since when did 2 drinks only-not have the first and the last count for that?