hagia sophia - istanbul
PAT!!!
fist of all i wanted to mention that lee saw a woman wearing a black sabbath head scarf the other day...i found that interesting.
now some little comments and narratives from our trip:
our tour guide in gallipoli was hilarious. gallipoli is the site of a WWI battle that happened in 1915. as fate would have it this tour guide could speak wonderful english except for two words: "war" and "fifteen". these 2 words - pronounced "warjj" and "fihf-TEY-eeeeen" - came up quite a bit.
in cappadocia we were walking back from some exploring when out of nowhere this old man with a horse and cart pulled up and gave us a ride. he whipped the horse the whole time! granted his whipping strength was not what it used to be...and he would start to dose off a little occasionally...but it was also pretty sad. except he would grunt and mutter in old man turkish the whole time also.
we were on a day cruise in antalya on a pretty big boat. when we were heading back to shore we look over the the captain is fast asleep at the wheel.
i had this awesome conversation in ephesus. we were walking out of the historical site and there are dozens of little merchants selling memorabilia and what not.
merchant: "excuse me, yes please, do you like old coins?"
me: "no, i do not like old coins."
merchant: "ok super come here i will show you my coin collection."
here are some sketches from the trip and a couple from istanbul too.
now some little comments and narratives from our trip:
our tour guide in gallipoli was hilarious. gallipoli is the site of a WWI battle that happened in 1915. as fate would have it this tour guide could speak wonderful english except for two words: "war" and "fifteen". these 2 words - pronounced "warjj" and "fihf-TEY-eeeeen" - came up quite a bit.
in cappadocia we were walking back from some exploring when out of nowhere this old man with a horse and cart pulled up and gave us a ride. he whipped the horse the whole time! granted his whipping strength was not what it used to be...and he would start to dose off a little occasionally...but it was also pretty sad. except he would grunt and mutter in old man turkish the whole time also.
we were on a day cruise in antalya on a pretty big boat. when we were heading back to shore we look over the the captain is fast asleep at the wheel.
i had this awesome conversation in ephesus. we were walking out of the historical site and there are dozens of little merchants selling memorabilia and what not.
merchant: "excuse me, yes please, do you like old coins?"
me: "no, i do not like old coins."
merchant: "ok super come here i will show you my coin collection."
here are some sketches from the trip and a couple from istanbul too.
the blue mosque - istanbul
the airport in raleigh-durham
our apartment pre-move
some lady
site of the tojan gate in the second troy
map of gallipoli...it was a crazy warj
the roman palace at pergamum
the athena pensiyon courtyard in bergama
the library of ephesus
cappadocia cave dwellings
view from the cave church we camped in
the sea at canakkale
view out my window in istanbul
its a chair, duh
bldg outside language school
a map that these 2 guys made for us to show us the way to their "famous rice restaurant" in izmir. their special dish was rice... we skipped it though
taxi driver in izmir
belbey pensiyon table
window + will's foot
