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[ursula]

I'm leaving for Istanbul (the long way, via London) in about seven hours. I'll be gone for two weeks.

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[glowing-fish.livejournal.com]

I've never got mail from Turkey.

Just saying.

[aryanhwy.livejournal.com]

Have fun, and take lots of pictures!

[jinian.livejournal.com]

Wow, fun! Have a great time!

So, How Was Turkey?

[layla-lilah.livejournal.com]

I'm jumping on this bandwagon about 1/2 year late, but... so, how was Istanbul, what did you do and see? My daughter was in Turkey in May, too. She mostly traveled to sites in Anatolia.

aka Urtatim, aka Anahita

Re: So, How Was Turkey?

[ursula]

My boyfriend and I spent a week staying in a pension in the Old City and methodically going to all the museums, and then I spent a week at a brand-new university in the middle of nowhere doing conference-y stuff. My photos are almost all "cool thing in a museum", while my boyfriend's are more scenic:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ursulageorges/tags/istanbul/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/derianlebreton/tags/istanbul/

Things that were awesome: the Ibrahim Pasha museum, a pavilion near the Archaeological Museum with tiled ceilings, the Byzantine mosaics, taking the ferry up the Bosphorus (a family shared some cherries with us), having dinner on a rooftop while watching the petted Siamese in a shop below. Things that were uncomfortable: I couldn't wander around by myself unless I concentrated on never making eye contact (way too many people interested in picking me up/ selling me carpets), and I lost a day of the conference to food poisoning .