Turkey Tour, Seventh and FINAL Day: Istanbul
12/15/09
12/4/09-12/8/09: Return to the Kariye Museum, Church of St. Mart of Blachernae, Mary of the Mongols Church, Bulgarian St. Stephen Church, Hippodrome, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Underground Cistern, Grand Bazaar.
11/28-12/3 Bosporus Boat Ride, my first Mosque, visit the Anatolian side (Asian side) of Istanbul, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul Modern
11/21/-11/27
11/25/09 The most relevant contemporary workshops that I could find in Istanbul related to my Gelman project were Ottoman Miniature Painting and Calligraphy. I was able to find two workshops, which also teach classes that I unfortunately did not have time to take, located on the historic peninsula. One was called Caferaga Medresesi and the [...]
11/23/09 and 12/6/09
11/22-11/24: Dolmabache Palace, Fethiye Museum/Church, St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral
11/25/09 Images from the Historic Peninsula and the surrounding museums. This includes The Istanbul Archeology Museums and The Museum of Turkish and Islamic Art. The Turkish and Islamic Art Museum wasn’t terribly exciting and the best parts were where they described the history of carpets related to European paintings by artists like Hans Holbein and [...]
This post is dedicated to the DELICIOUS food of Turkey. Each week there will be a post that contains the delectable, amazing, tasty, strange, and memorable foods that I digested in Turkey… and subsequently gained 10 pounds from.