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Istanbul and Gulet out of Bodrum
We flew to Istanbul where we spent the night at the Londra Hotel. This is a funky old hotel in a good location. We walked down to the water and had nice dinner. We got up early the next day and headed to the airport where we met up with our friends Elizabeth and Tom.
We all flew to Bodrum where we got on a Gulet boat in Bodrum harbor. …
Istanbul was Constantinople
... summer and looked beautiful. It was also hot there! We got off the bus and started taking off layers. It was at least 70 degrees there. When Turkey had the big earth quake about 13 years ago, this lake town was completely destroyed. After, they actually changed the location of the town on the lake so that if another large earth quake hit it would be better protected.
Eventually we were headed into Istanbul over the Bosphorus Bridge. ...
Qazaqstan
... collective farms, a change so dramatic and unsustainable in such an environment that more than half their population died. In the next decade, the USSR drafted every Qazaq man to defend Leningrad from the Nazis right before the harvest. Again, the result was that half the population died. Meanwhile, the Qazaq intelligentsia was severely repressed as part of the Great Purges.
I went to the Museum of Political ...
When in Istanbul, do as the Romans did!
... by Roman Emperor Justinian in 532), an underground cistern that was used to store water for the Great Palace & surrounding buildings. Then, we went to the Hagia Sophia. Also built by Justinian, this magnificent church was completed in 537. This is my favorite historic site to visit in Istanbul. Mom and I took so many pictures in an attempt to capture it in all its glory - which is impossible to do! There are no amount of pictures to ...
Turkey - ANZAC Day, Gallipoli and Istanbul
... a bit more modern. As you approached the city more the buildings, parks and surroundings were nicer. Like any city I suppose but you could really notice it here.
Istanbul has a population of over 13 million people! Wow! It lies on Bosphorus strait which divides the European side and the Asian side (which is what we would call the Middle East in Australia). The Bosphorus strait is a ...
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