Appendix yep: jogging as the best way to get comfortable in a new city

Some time ago I wrote a very popular article "happiness running", In which he told about his sports injury and how it has deprived me of one of the most favorite pastimes - running. Running - it is meditation, it's fun, it's the easiest way to think and reflect on what is happening. But there I forgot to tell you that running for me - this is the main way of exploring new cities, in which I am, and the best way to get acquainted with the most intelligent and advanced people of the city.

If you arrive in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Kiev, you can always find someone to run due to cross-country excursions. It's simple: communicate by Internet with their organizers, agree to a time and place, the group meets and run. More here. If you are lucky and you find yourself in Istanbul, Berlin, Vienna, London, Paris and other "golden" cities in Europe, there is also there is cross-country excursions.

The problem with the study of the city is that it's still there everything revolves around running - you're talking about sneakers, about the upcoming competitions and in all this. You get to know themselves, but only in Istanbul, Paris, London ...

The other day I was in Istanbul and decided to already existing habit to give a chance Yep!, Since no other way to find someone to run, I have not found me. Annex I asked Activity "Running" and while I got dressed, there was matching. Man 30 years old, too, I am going for a jog. Agree to the application is very simple, because the offer is enough to make the company, and after confirmation on the other hand you become available chat in which text and geo can just arrange a meeting.

After half an hour, a local resident Deniz showed me a fantastic waterfront district Avcilar.

And during that time we had discussed the dictator Erdogan skewer Islam, talked about the people who lost their respect for Atatürk and his beliefs about the fact that people do not learn English and do not want to integrate, about his opinion about the Crimea (or Kyrym as the Turks say), about Cyprus, about why this year will be the influx of tourists to Turkey, about the Taksim Square and more more. This conversation was quite incredible, as usual, not a tourist Turkey's English-language companion find very difficult.

Come out to run - it's good for your health! And do not forget to run a single well, and to strangers - twice as good.

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