Alex, Sophie, Margaux, Gwen, Erica and I left for Turkey last friday for Eid el adha, the muslim celebration of Abraham's sacrifice of the sheep instead of his son (Ishmael for Islam, Isaac for Xtianity)
Any break from school is much appreciated, and we had an incredible time exploring the city!
My favorite part of the trip was our tour of the Hagia Sophia, but I also really enjoyed wandering around and going inside mosques, along with our trips to the Military Museum and the Museum of Islamic Art. Another favorite was riding a ferry to the Asian side of the city. And on our last night we watched the sun set over the entire city from the Galata tour =) It was gorgeous.
Details will come when homework slows down, but just know, it was amazing =)
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Right to left: Blue Mosque, Margaux and Kj at the Topkapi Palace,
The group at Bagdad Square, Topkapo Palace, Egyptian Obelisk from
Luxor, Group in Hagia Sophia, Arabic Caligraphy and Near Eastern
style Icon frescos in the Hagia Sophia, Hagia Sophie inside,
Subway, Inside of the Blue Mosque, Blue Mosque courtyard,
"Volcano" who worked at our Hostel and took us on the pub crawl,
BAKLAVA!!, Four pictures from inside the Topkapi Palace, Asian side
of Istanbul view from the water, the group on the ferry to the Asian side,
Turkish flag and a mosque, A vailed woman and her guitto hubbie,
modern Istanbul looks like New York, Kj in Hijab, "Allah akbar" in the
museum of Islamic art, "Bismillah" In the name of God, most Gracious, most
Compationate in the museum, Safavid hand written Qua'ran from the 15th
century, two views of Istanbul from the Galata Tour, and finally,
the pyramids from above on the way home
Increddddible perfect vacation =)
I love Istanbul!!!!!
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