Saturday, 2 January 2010

Sarnic Cooking Class

Roasting EggplantsFor my birthday, DJ bought me (and herself) a cooking lesson at the Sarnic Hotel in Istanbul. She also gave the lesson as a gift to her parents, Shirley and Beda so that we could all enjoy the day. [MORE...]

Friday, 1 January 2010

Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque

The domes inside the Blue Mosque Topkaki Palace! The Sultan’s Palace in Istanbul. DJ and I visited about 5yrs ago when we were on our 3mth round world trip. It was the site of the now infamous 12yr old Turkish school-girl mobbing of Allan.

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Sunday, 27 December 2009

Ay! Aya Sofia!

Jesus in Aya Sofia Aya Sofia! Hagia Sohia. It was constructed in the 530′s AD on the orders of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian. Then when Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1453, it was converted into a mosque. [MORE...]