Now some of you may be thinking, “wait she stayed in two different places in Greece wouldn’t this be her 3rd hostel?”
Well technically no, because the second place in Greece was a HOTEL not a HOSTEL, that crazy “S” changes everything 
Anyway this recent hostel was called the Chill Out Cafe and Hostel.
It was really cool and actually ideally located, remember location is almost always everything!
Set on a small side street off the main “drag” of the part of Istanbul were in (by the Galata Bridge, sort of and the Galata Tower) all you would see at first was a lit of vertical sign saying “hostel” and a door.
Upon entering the door though, one is hit with pictures of famous crazy people, like Charlie Chapman, and tons of modern of art. I think the artwork is supposed to distract the viewer from the fact that they are walking from 1 floor up to 6 floors to get to their room. No there wasn’t an elevator and of course my room was on the 6th floor.
The room we stayed in, was labeled a dorm and had no door, or heater. Honestly it was probably originally an outside porch before they decided to add a roof, windows and some sort of linoleum floor. Here are some pictures
As was expected we had the always entertaining and interesting European style shower and toilet combo, as well as a “free” breakfast every morning of rolls, fruit and strong black tea in the cafe connected to the hostel.
